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Off-Screen

Coffee, running, books, half-marathons, parenting. What life actually looks like in London when the laptop is closed for the day.

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4 aug 2026 Four Hours at Nursery, the Other Twenty in My Head Four hours of nursery buys a little independence, a little uninterrupted work and an entire day of thinking about everything that could happen.
5 jul 2026 Protein shakes at 40: how I got into fitness nutrition and what I actually use From Joe and the Juice Puori shakes to Naked Whey, Hermosa, FORM, and AG1. What protein intake actually does for weight loss and muscle gain when you start fitness in your late thirties, backed by ISSN and BJSM research.
23 jun 2026 Beware of Seagulls: A Trip to Cornwall from London Two nights in St Ives with a two-year-old and a Tesla. White-sand beaches, tiny streets, and the most aggressive seagulls in England. A short, honest field report.
28 may 2026 The Best Cafes in the World in 2026: 10 Places Worth Planning a Trip Around Ten of the best cafes in the world in 2026, from Onyx in Arkansas to Tim Wendelboe in Oslo and New York Cafe in Budapest, with what to order at each.
15 may 2026 Brunch on Westbourne Grove: three I keep going back to Three brunch spots within 50 metres of each other on Westbourne Grove. Sunday in Brooklyn for the laptop hours and unlimited drip coffee, Granger & Co for the long brunch with healthy plates, Beam for Turkish eggs done well and served in five minutes. Pick by occasion, not by menu.
12 may 2026 Three tables on Portobello Road a Notting Hill local actually walks to Three Portobello Road tables in Notting Hill I actually walk to. Dishoom Permit Room at 186 Portobello Road, Miznon and Erev on Elgin Crescent, Poppies Fish and Chips at 152. Where to sit, what to order, when to book.
6 may 2026 Best breakfast in Notting Hill: KURO, It's Bagels, Beam, Sunday in Brooklyn, Eggslut After a year and a half of Saturday mornings in W11, the breakfast spots I actually go back to. KURO Bagels, It's Bagels, Beam, Sunday in Brooklyn, Eggslut, and the Dishoom alternative.
5 may 2026 Hunting authentic matcha in London: HowMatcha, Jenki, Nagare and the rest Matcha in London has gone high street in 24 months. Most cups taste mostly of milk. The three I return to (HowMatcha, Jenki, Nagare) and the ones that look good but taste average.
3 may 2026 The Founder Who Codes: Why I Still Open the Editor Most founders stop coding the moment they hire their first developer. I never did. Nine years, 12,000+ sites, and a co-founded agency later, here's why I still open VS Code before 8am.
3 may 2026 A hidden-Soho night out: the bars and food I run when friends visit London My Soho nightlife loop, refined over years of running it. Rooftops at Aqua Kyoto, dinner on Kingly Street, cocktails in a basement at Disrepute, and dim sum behind a jade door at Opium.
2 may 2026 366 classes at Barry's Bootcamp Queensway: 28 months in Twenty-eight months, 366 Barry's Bootcamp classes, four studios, forty instructors. Honest notes on why this format stuck when nothing else did.
2 may 2026 Why Hermanos Coffee is my number one cafe in London Updated 17 May 2026: met the Hermanos founders at the London Coffee Festival today. Plus the original review of why this Colombian single-origin roaster is my number one cafe pick in London.