This museum houses a series of unusual objects collected by Victorian philanthropist Henry Wellcome. Its permanent collection explores the human body, science and medicine.
London: The Encounter at the National Portrait Gallery
This 2017 exhibition featured 48 portraits by European Renaissance and Baroque artists such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Rembrandt van Rijn and Leonardo da Vinci.
London: Afternoon tea at Bea’s of Bloomsbury
Great food, friendly staff and low prices made the now-closed Bea's of Bloomsbury an excellent spot for afternoon tea.
London: The Design Museum and Holland Park
A fun trip down memory lane at the Design Museum, a stroll around pretty Holland Park and some of London's finest pastel de nata.
London: The Charterhouse
This medieval Clerkenwell manor with a storied past has been a monastery, a Tudor house and since the 17th century, an almshouse.
London: The Ginstitute
The Ginstitute experience at The Portobello Star in Notting Hill is a three-hour workshop all about gin: an hour-long history lesson and a gin making tutorial.
London: Sunken Cities at the British Museum
This 2016 blockbuster exhibition featured a spectacular display of ancient Egyptian artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea.
London: Tapas Brindisa
A relaxed, unhurried and excellent meal at this Soho haunt, one of a small chain of tapas restaurants in the capital.