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This weekend, Covent Garden, the cultural hub that it is, will be hosting The Big Grin Festival to celebrate the birthday of Punch & Judy! Now we know that Covent Garden is famous for bars, shops, restaurants and theatres… but did you know, it was also home to the first Punch & Judy show in 1662, an accolade that was yesterday … read more»

We smell a meat revolution coming on as the man behind the super popular and super tasty MEATliquor opens yet another restaurant in Covent Garden this Friday (4th May). MEATmarket can now be found right at the back of the Jubilee Market Hall in Covent Garden and acts as a more relaxed, fast food option to it’s hugely successful Oxford … read more»

Do you like a bargain? Can you get to Seven Dials in Covent Garden tomorrow (26th Thursday)? Then you’re in luck. For one night only Seven Dials and St Martin’s Courtyard are offering you 20% off at shops such as Jaeger London, Cos, Twenty8Twelve and Banana Republic as well as at several bars, restaurants and beauty salons. As … read more»

One of our favourite American fashion brands, Opening Ceremony is to open a 3,000 square foot pop-up shop in Covent Garden in time for the Olympics. Opening on King Street at the end of July the pop-up shop will bring the best of Opening Ceremony’s style to London for the first time. As well as concessions from Rodarte and Kenzo there … read more»

After Topman opened its first General Store in Spitalfields last year, offering the best of Topman’s collaborative and own efforts as well as brands like Pendleton and Happy Socks, it was only a matter of time until another opened. Now there is a new Topman General Store in Earlham Street. It’s nice to see the boys getting some … read more»

You might want to consider changing where you shop if that happens to be a central London Tesco as it has become apparent that they have a serious mouse problem. The Tesco in question is the Tesco Metro in Covent Garden where environmental inspectors have found lots of mice as well as just general ‘dirty conditions’. So if you are … read more»

London Film Museum is opening a new exhibition space in Covent Garden on the 21st April. The new central London exhibition space will take over the original Flower Cellars after an extensive refurb in the heart of Covent Garden.  The first exhibition on opening will be Magnum on Set, sowing original artefacts from the silver screen, and … read more»

G-Star celebrate lovely ladies at their Seven Dials shop on Short Street on the 27th October. You need to sign up online to get tickets to this exclusive event where you will be pampered, guided on what jean is for you and recieve money off on the night. Expert shopping advice comes from InStyle’s top fashion editors between 6pm-9pm when … read more»

  LEGO greenhouse’ by sebastian bergne with LEGO UK This rather beautiful lego greenhouse has sprung up in Covent Garden as part of London Design week and makes a beautiful glowing addition to the piazza. The LEGO greenhouse has been made by designer, Sebastian Bergne who was commissions by LEGO UK to make a large scale … read more»

Having previously worked under such designers as Carolina Herrera, Cristina Sabaiduc comes into her own with her cutting edge SS12 debut at The Hospital Club, Covent Garden. As the rain started to come down and my laptop bag started pulling hard on my tired shoulder,  I have to admit that I had my doubts as to whether the show, by this point … read more»