Do · 9 May 2026

Walks for the dogs — Chess Valley, Burnham Beeches, Penn Wood.

Three loops within an hour of central London, all 4.5★+ on AllTrails, all with the post-walk pub on or beside the trail. Triangulated to be reachable in roughly the same drive from N6 and SW15 — useful when meeting friends from the other side of town. Ranked from where I'd actually go.

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Watch · 1 May 2026

Five family-night films with bite.

Smart-witty meets dramedy-bittersweet — modern classics from 2010–2023, calibrated for family viewing with Rian. All cleared the IMDb ≥ 7.6 …

Watch · 29 April 2026

Five feel-good films off the beaten path.

Comedy, music documentaries, Norwegian dramedy — the cuts your streaming homepage won't surface. All cleared the IMDb ≥ 7.6 / RT ≥ 80% bar, …

Watch · 29 April 2026

Three series worth committing to.

Stretching the patterns you keep returning to — forward momentum, smart writing, ensembles you'd keep coming back to. None already in your T…

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Listen · 29 April 2026

Upbeat vocal jazz, for working.

Bright tempos, real jazz vocabulary, never lapses into background mush. Four picks that sit alongside work without demanding attention.

Listen · 29 April 2026

Five new artists for the kitchen and the hour after dinner.

All adjacent to your library, none already in it. Each with a single seed track to start a Roon song-radio.

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Eat · 29 April 2026

Five Japanese spots within thirty minutes of Highgate.

From the new Carnaby ex-Roji team to Marylebone kappo, plus the Hampstead izakaya you already love. All critic-verified, watched-list and wa…

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Do · 9 May 2026

Walks for the dogs — Chess Valley, Burnham Beeches, Penn Wood.

Three loops within an hour of central London, all 4.5★+ on AllTrails, all with the post-walk pub on or beside the trail. Triangulated to be …

Do · 30 April 2026

What's on, Fri 8 — Sun 10 May.

Three jazz nights, a Palme d'Or, a UK-premiere Sarah Ruhl, Edinburgh-tested stand-up, a chef-takeover supper club, and Sir David Attenboroug…

Do · 29 April 2026

What's on, Fri 1 — Sun 3 May.

Three jazz nights, a French time-jumping film, three new plays, and a Tony-winning Mary Todd Lincoln. Sunny Friday; overcast weekend — indoo…

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Travel · 6–14 August 2026

Spain

Eight nights, two bases. Four nights at Frank Gehry's Marqués de Riscal in Rioja Alavesa, then four on the Basque coast at Hotel Nafarrola, …

Travel · 6–11 April 2026

Kent

Five nights in the Garden of England. The PIG-at Bridge Place in the Stour Valley between Canterbury and the Kent Downs — vineyards, ancient…

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