Party on: Alquimico, above, is joining Lyaness for London Cocktail Week
(Picture: Supplied)Anyone reading the news, as you are now, will have noticed lately that the UK is spoilt for choice — of dismaying horrors. Harvest-time approaches and we have a glut. Take your pick: governmental chaos; endless strikes; £8 pints; sewage in the sea (and in rivers, and in lakes); sky-high energy bills; bank holiday violence.
But amid all this gloom, things bob along, life happens, and there’s plenty of joy to be found (though, granted, much of it costs). There are astonishing restaurants opening, shows from extraordinary artists, a chance to peak inside London’s prettiest houses. Here then, are 15 reasons to be cheerful. Chin up, London, on we go.
