This painted of the shopping centre by my brother, Leo Verhoeven, shows a rather idyllic vision of the shopping centre we both share. Its pretty rough, full of budget shops and funny cafes and framed by a shanty town style open air market. I have a real soft spot for it as the classic under dog, thats so often slated and condemned but lives on.

An intimate live music venue in Dalston with lots of underground and experimental music you won't find anywhere else in London.

Bowling alleys, karaoke rooms, pool tables, arcade machines, this is basically Feltham Bowl for adults. Part of the holy trinity along with Max's Sandwich Shop and The Faltering Fullback

Quick, easy, cheap thai food. It's fairly new to me, but easily makes this list.

Get on the list for tickets and surprise someone who will appreciate the 'village of books' upstairs in particular.