South Bank

Why I Bloody Love the South Bank!

June 9, 2015

More than once, this blog has been referred to as my love affair with London. I began writing it, rather apathetic about our capital city. I’d never lived here, and had been stuck under peoples’ armpits on Tube carriages one too many [...]

London Date Ideas – The London Helicopter, Bistro by Shot, M and Scotch & Soda

May 29, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates, I share the weird and wonderful date venues I’ve come across, so that you can hopefully get away from the local pub, and start exploring London to the max. This week there’s a full range of options, from flying [...]

The Eighth Date of Christmas

January 2, 2014

New Year’s Day is never a good day to schedule a first date! For a start, there’s the rather obvious hangover aspect. And then there’s the January weather to contend with, which at present in England is ghastly. So quite why I decided to [...]

The First Date of Christmas

December 1, 2013

It’s December 1st, so only seems right to give you the lowdown on my first Christmas Date. I introduced the 12 Dates of Christmas on the blog yesterday, and as many regular readers will tell you, the 30 Dates blog has become as much of a love [...]

East End Boys and West End Girls

September 11, 2013

I’ve never read too much into postcodes. Growing up in Reading, the only postcode that was ever important was ‘RG1’ – a tacky nightclub in the centre of town which closed down before I was legally old enough to go in! Other [...]