This City Life

Sweet tooth satisfaction at home: Matchmakers chocolate chip cookies

The most relaxing activity after a whirlwind week in the city for me is baking, especially in the winter. You can keep yourself warm by the oven and fill the ...

Snapshots of the city ~ Holidays are comin’

The final leaf fell and all of a sudden it was winter and Christmas was on its way. The last few weeks have been all about keeping warm in the ...

Four blogs for Foodies

The foodie – “a person with a particular interest in food”, according to the Oxford dictionary. Possibly applicable to anyone who likes a good meal, which is surely everyone right? ...

THE London Christmas lights tour

Twinkling Christmas lights and peering into sparkling shop windows always gets me in a festive mood and London has some of the best on offer. I thought a tour would ...

The bright lights of God’s Own Junkyard, Beak Street

This weekend has been all about starting the festive month in style (or in a festive jumper!). I’ve had so much fun that I thought I’d take a festive-breather and ...

The good reading list

During my time as an English student I had a reading list for every module, long lists of books that I’d try to work my way through every day of ...

Dream. Find. Do. London ~ The Blogging Masterclass

We’ve been having a pretty grey time of it recently haven’t we? Grey skies, rain and more rain. The best thing to do on these days is to find fun indoors so I spent the ...

Gabrielle Aplin at Scala, Kings Cross

If you’ve seen this year’s Christmas adverts you will definitely have heard Gabrielle Aplin’s beautiful voice. She’s the talented singer-songwriter behind the cover of “The Power of Love” for John’s ...

Five fun festive jumpers

…For £20 or less! December is just around the corner which means it’s almost time to GET FESTIVE!! I’m kicking of the festivities next weekend at my friend’s ‘Bad taste ...

Fresh recipes ~ Simple sweet chicken curry

After a little break I’m very happy to welcome back Danielle with more of her simple fresh recipes! They’re perfect for anyone in the city who likes to cook delicious meals from ...