The most beautiful contemporary gallery in London aptly named White Cube, the space is an artwork in itself. Its portfolio of artists and exhibition programme is top of the league, always presented as with style and grace as the space itself. Photograph by Paul Riddle

Incredible building centred in the heart of London. Great for exhibitions, David Hockney is currently showing here.

The best ice cream I have ever tasted in England – You are allowed any and every flavor and they shape it into a rose.

A walled secret garden, the Physic Garden is like a time capsule, founded in 1673 to allow apprentices of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London to study the healing properties of plants, it is now a living museum. Tours are offered by volunteers with immense knowledge of botany and the cultural history of the garden or visitors can wander the grounds alone and spot odd and fascinating plants such as the mystical Mandrake.

Where 1984 of George Orwell got its inspiration from, the craziness of a real ministry of propaganda.