Thanks to pint-sized fashionistas such as Suri Cruise, the Beckham boys, and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes who recently launched her own clothes label, outfits have to be up to date and the envy of all classmates for today’s kids. Before your shopping trip for some back-to-school labels turns into a tantrum from either mum or the little trendsetter, Marie Teather has tracked down five stores so your kids can rule the playground in this season’s latest arrivals.

As most women know, sourcing gifts for the kind of men who buy what they need, when they need it, can be a fruitless task

It’s not often that a new cocktail bar in Marylebone really gets cocktail lovers and budding mixologists alike in a flutter of excitement. After all there are all already enough bars in the area to chose from. Yet for once, the newly opened of Purl seems to have gone against the grain of the modern and bland cocktail bars with which we are so familiar and frankly a little bored of, instead seeking inspiration from the gritty and underground elements found in the history of cocktail bars.

Earlier this year it was elephants that Londoners woke up to share the sidewalks with. Into the summer and now it seems to be sporadic games of table tennis that are taking place in London’s public spaces.

It’s a well-held belief that if you visit London for a day there’s a good chance you’ll spot a celeb, but live here for a year and you’ll not bump into one. Should however, your desire to rub shoulders with some of the worlds rich and famous get the better of you, Marie Teather has tracked down five of London’s best celebrity hangouts.

With a dessert history in custard or warm, sticky puddings, ice cream is not usually a sweet associated with London. Still that doesn’t mean that when the temperature heats up we shouldn’t all scream for ice-cream. Should there not be an ice-cream van on hand, you may need to make your way to one of the cities best ice-cream parlors. Luckily, so you don’t have to walk too far in the heat, Marie Teather has the best all covered.

Not much has been heard of the new owners of Harrods since they bought the £1.5 billion store from Mohamed al Fayed in April. That is until this weekend when two supercars owned by the oil-rich Al-Thani royal family were clamped outside Harrods for being parked illegally—much to the amusement of passersby.

Friday night in the UK does have a reputation of being an animalistic and wild occasion. Hair is let down and the usual refined behavior that us humans adopt for the rest of week are flung aside. Urban jungle takes on a whole new meaning and in some parts of the city, anything goes.

The Farmer’s Market movement has been one of the most enjoyable and successful food trends over the past decade but local markets don’t always offer the most convenient way to shop.