ritain has a long history of bakeries. From the sweet Eccles cakes, to jam tarts, and custard pies that generations of grandmothers, daughters, and young children have learnt to cook to savory treats such as the Cornish Pasty, sausage rolls, or cheese and onions pies, traditional British bakeries are a thing of every high street or village market throughout the land. Add to that some rich variations from France and sweet treats from the US, and London could easily be the best place on the globe to sample the world’s variations of bakeries. Marie Teather does the honors.

The fashion world is a cutthroat place to be and don’t think that once you’re at the top you’re safe from bust ups, tantrums, and clashes of super-sized egos.

Austin Reed has an enviable history on the British tailoring high street. Offering an aspiration blend of heritage, craftsmanship and modernity, its designs have become a byword for style and elegance

This year Austin Reed, the holder of two Royal Warrants, celebrates its 110th year of dressing for success and has released a limited 110th Anniversary Collection.

Dining doesn’t really get any better than a seat on the Chef’s Table. Out with the menu in and in personal preferences, what’s fresh that day and what the chef feels like preparing. For that extra personal and special dining occasion, Marie Teather tracks down some the best Chef’s Table in London.

London’s frenzied paparazzi were out in the East End on Saturday night as Madonna celebrated her 52nd birthday at Shoreditch House private members’ club.

It may be Friday the thirteenth but here’s something good to shout about.

In celebration of the Glorious Twelfth, the UK’s official start to the shooting season, The Dalmore whisky and are inviting diners to celebrate a ‘jolly good shot’ today.

Aside from football, music acts are arguably one the UK’s best exports. With homegrown rock bands and pop stars known by fans the world over, many go on to conduct sell out world tours. Still it’s the venues back here in the UK, and more importantly those in the nation’s capital, that helped launch these stars and makes attending live concerts something of an rite of passage for London’s teens. Chances are you are no longer a teen but live music is some of London’s iconic venues has to be experienced—if only once. Marie Teather chooses five of the best known.

With Picasso museums and exhibitions to be found throughout the world, the unveiling of another unseen piece from the twentieth century’s most famous artist doesn’t these days get the reaction that it might once.

Touted to be the most expensive flat in the world, a penthouse in one of London’s most opulent developments has sold for a record-breaking £140 million.