One or two screenings a day, a few days a week; less is more at Close Up. The library is a great resource too, for work or pleasure.

I only made my first visit to Troy Bar fairly recently but it's already become a Friday night regular, and I feel like I've wasted a lot of nights not being here. Caribbean food, 4 Red Stripe for a tenner, an incredible house jazz band and as good an atmosphere as you'll find in the city.

The power station is a ghost like ruin that stands on the banks of the Thames. Its right next to the train tracks rolling out of London to the rest of the south of England. I pass it every time I go back to where I grew up and every time I arrive back in London. It has become symbolic with arriving and departing, a constant in my life. I used to joke and refer to it as my lover - seeing me off and welcoming me home.

There are very few better places to be on a summer's day than the massive beer garden at People’s Park Tavern on Victoria Park

Very lovely bookshop with a fantastic selection of books, magazines, and indie zines. Nicely curated.