After receiving a multitude of ‘what to do when in London during the Olympics’ requests from visiting journalists, we thought it might be useful to put some of our suggestions into one list. Please allow for a little artistic license as a few of the letters proved a little tricksy.
Sarah, Alice, Ailsa, Naiara
| EAT | SHOP | |
| A | Arbutus | Alfie’s Antiques |
| B | Brixton Village Market | Beyond Retro |
| C | China Town | Columbia Road Market |
| D | Dinner by Heston | Dover Street Market |
| E | Eat Street Market | Exmouth Market |
| F | Franca Mancas | Fortnum & Masons |
| G | Granger & Co | General Trading Company |
| H | Hawksmoor | Harrods |
| I | The Ivy | I Camisa & Son |
| J | J Sheekeys | Joseph |
| K | Koya | Kensington Church Street |
| L | The Ledbury | Liberty |
| M | Mari Vanna | Maltby Street Market |
| N | NOPI | New Loon Moon Supermarket, Chinatown |
| O | Ottolenghi | Oxford Street (only for the brave, and not on a Saturday) |
| P | Petersham Nurseries | Portobello Road Market |
| Q | Quo Vadis | Quaritch Book Store |
| R | River Café | Redchurch Street |
| S | St John | Selfridges |
| T | Tayyabs | Tom Dixon Shop |
| U | Union Jacks | Upper Street |
| V | Viajante | VV Rouleaux |
| W | The Wolsley | Westfield (Stratford) |
| X | Xrated The Box | Xrated- Soho |
| Y | York and Albany | Neal’s Yard |
| Z | Zetter Townhouse | Zwemmer Bookshop, Barbican |
