Hub Menswear

“A fabulous independent women's fashion retailer with a great edit. Also a men's store just down the road at 88 Church Street.”

“The Newington Green Fruit and Veg shop is a testament to the lost art of the local greengrocers! ”

“Lovely homeware store. Small but perfectly formed, with a surprising amount on offer.”

“West Reservoir is used for open-water swimming during the summer, but I like to run round it on winter mornings, as the reservoir always seems to have a spooky mist covering it. Whenever I’ve been there, it’s been pan flat, so you get a great reflection of the London cityscape. From Highbury Fields, run along Newland Walk—an old railway line—to Clissold Park, one of London’s finest, with its own woodland trail. Then head to West Reservoir; dip a toe into Finsbury Park before heading back to Highbury Fields via Gillespie Park. That’s 10.5 km.”

“Highly desirable and perfectly lovely... Through the back is a smart dining room looking over the compact but peaceful garden; but you can eat in the pub too, and you should. The food’s far better than the usual pub grub, and pleasingly avoids the seen-it-all-before US diner stuff. Instead, it ranges from Jersey oysters to more complex dishes such as courgette and butter-bean cassoulet or lamb’s liver with green sauce. ”