Kate Fletcher

Kate Fletcher rounds up the best events in London for the week of 4 May 2026 — bank holiday Monday, then a heaving four-day week.

A ranked list of London events worth your fundraising hours — pitch nights, demo days, investor meetups — with what each is actually useful for.

A 2026 ranking of London bars where you can actually hold a conversation — no playlist, no DJ, no bass-heavy speakers. Just proper bars for proper talk.

Kate Fletcher rounds up the London coworking spaces that actually solve the working-parent problem in 2026 — on-site creche, school-friendly hours, and the small-network options.

Round-up of the May bank holiday weekend in London 2026 — markets, festivals, day trips, late-night warehouses and the events worth your three-day break.

Kate Fletcher's guide to what to do on a Tuesday night in London — comedy previews, jazz residencies, late gallery openings, the bookshop talks, the proper Tuesday-only stuff.

A 2026 ranking of London singles events that actually work for tech people — founder-leaning mixers, AI-adjacent socials, hackathon afterparties and run clubs that skew engineer.

Kate Fletcher's honest guide to meeting people in London in your mid-twenties without the apps — run clubs, book clubs, gallery lates, the proper move.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 best London Sunday roasts in 2026 — proper pubs and restaurants the locals actually go to, not the Borough Market coach-trip stuff.

Kate Fletcher on the publicly-listed student discounts and free events that actually make London affordable in 2026 — TodayTix, museum lates, free meetups, and the rest.

Curated supper clubs, founder dinners, friend-of-friend salons. The invite-only dinner has quietly taken over a chunk of London social life. A look at why.

Kate Fletcher on how to spend a weekend in Shoreditch in late April 2026 — coffee, gigs, late dinners, markets, and one excellent quiet Sunday.

Kate Fletcher's guide to showing visitors London without dragging them past Buckingham Palace — the proper places that locals actually go to, structured into a believable two-day visit.

Twelve London cocktail bars ranked by a regular — Soho speakeasies, hotel bars worth the £18 Negroni, neighbourhood spots that do classics properly, and the new entrants worth your time.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 8 London rooftop bars that are still genuinely good in 2026 — proper drinks, real views, no £24 espresso martinis served by influencers.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 12 London tech conferences worth a ticket in Q2-Q3 2026 — AI, frontend, fintech, founder, with honest takes on which actually justify the £400+ badge.

Kate Fletcher on what the latest reported Coinbase layoffs mean for London's crypto and adjacent fintech scene — and why the second-order effects are bigger than the headlines suggest.

A ranked list of the best Y Combinator-flavoured London demo nights and adjacent founder events — public listings only, no fabricated lineups.

An opinion piece from a Londoner on why Hinge, Bumble and the rest have stopped working in 2026, and why showing up to a thing in person is unironically the best dating strategy left.

Kate Fletcher ranks the best women-only and women-focused coworking spaces in London for 2026 — AllBright, the Wing's legacy, Blooms and the new wave.

A 2026 ranking of London dating events that are actually good — singles run clubs, drawing nights, board game socials and proper mixers. No speed dating, no clipboards.

A month-long experiment in only attending free London events. What was genuinely good, what was a corporate sales pitch, and what surprised me.

A locals' guide to the London summer 2026 events worth booking in advance — festivals, theatre, opera in the park, the lot.

A ranked list of the bowls of ramen actually worth queueing for in London in 2026 — from a Soho tonkotsu that earns the line to a Hackney shio that nobody is talking about loudly enough.

A practical guide to the London early-stage founder dinner circuit in 2026 — who runs them, how applications work, what to expect, and how to find them.

A proper London guide to meeting people in your 30s — running clubs, classes, members' clubs, sports leagues, dinner clubs, and the kind of regular things that build actual friendships.

Kate Fletcher ranks the best places to eat in London after midnight — proper kitchens, not just kebab vans. Brick Lane, Soho, Vauxhall, and the bits that stay open when you actually need them.

Kate Fletcher on the best things to do in London for the week of 20 April 2026 — late spring is here, the calendar is mental, here is the edit.

A long, honest guide to London's AI dinner scene — from publicly listed events like Anthropic Builders and AIxDesign to how invite-only ones quietly fill up.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 8 London hackathons actually worth a weekend in Q2 2026 — public events only, real prizes, sponsors who actually show up.

Every six months a publication runs the "London nightlife is dying" piece. Kate Fletcher argues the data is real but the conclusion is wrong — the scene has just moved.

Mid-April London weekend round-up. Outdoor terraces back open, Easter holidays winding down, and the gigs/exhibitions/dinners worth a Friday-Sunday in town.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 9 UK AI hackathons actually worth a weekend in 2026 — real prizes, working sponsors, and the events that ship hires not slide decks.

Kate Fletcher ranks London bookshops that actually run a proper events programme — Daunt, LRB, Foyles, Libreria, Burley Fisher, Pages of Hackney, Round Table and Word on the Water.

A 2026 ranking of London Italian restaurants — from Padella and Bocca to the proper trattorie in Clerkenwell and a couple of newer rooms worth the journey.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 London coworking spaces actually worth the membership fee for founders in 2026 — Soho Works, Second Home, the Conduit, Huckletree and more.

Eight proper day trips from London by train — Margate, Brighton, Oxford, Bath, Whitstable, Hastings, Cambridge and a quiet one nobody mentions. Real journey times, real things to do.

Ten genuinely free things to do in London right now — no "free with a £15 drink minimum," no email-walled webinars, no asterisks.

A practical guide to where design engineers in London actually congregate — meetups, conference tracks, the small-format events, and how to find them on Rifio.

Kate Fletcher ranks London's best free-entry galleries — Tate Modern, the National, Whitechapel, Serpentine, the Wallace, Hayward and the rest, with what to skip and where to actually start.

Kate Fletcher's guide to the actual best London day out for under £30 — free museums, £5 lunch, £10 theatre, no nonsense, you'll have a brilliant Saturday and change from a £30.

Kate Fletcher rounds up the best events in London for the week of 13 April 2026 — Easter is over, the city is back, and there is a lot on.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 London VC events actually worth a Tuesday for pre-seed and seed founders — real partner attendance, real intros, no badge-tax conferences.

A ranked, honest take on which FT Weekend Festival sessions are worth the ticket price, based on past programmes and consistent contributors.

Eight London supper clubs and private dining rooms worth your time in 2026 — from chef-led pop-ups to the proper hidden private rooms behind serious restaurants.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 12 London AI events actually worth a Tuesday this spring — research talks, founder dinners, hack nights, no LinkedIn-summit fluff.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 best London restaurant openings worth booking right now — proper kitchens, real chefs, none of the hype-and-disappear operations.

A 2026 ranking of London Thai restaurants — from Smoking Goat to the proper Isaan rooms in Stratford and a couple of pub kitchens that are quietly mental.

A three-way guide for AI founders trying to pick a city — what London, Berlin and San Francisco are actually each good for, who to avoid, and where the talent really sits.

Three legit ways to buy London theatre tickets — TodayTix, Theatre Tokens and the official venue site. Kate Fletcher breaks down which actually saves you money.

Kate Fletcher ranks the genuinely useful networking events for London finance — banking, hedge funds, fintech, private equity. Where the bankers actually go, where they pretend to.

A working guide to networking in London without LinkedIn-energy — the moves that actually work, the ones that make people back away, and how to follow up.

Kate Fletcher ranks the Mayfair members' clubs worth the four-figure joining fee — Soho House, 5 Hertford Street, Annabel's, Oswald's, the Arts Club and the rest, by what you actually get.

The London rooftops that aren't Sky Garden and aren't £18-a-spritz hotel terraces. Bussey, Frank's, Netil360 and a few more we'd rather not see ruined.

Kate Fletcher ranks the AI podcasts running live recording sessions in London — where to attend, who shows up, and the best evenings for free AI conversation.

A grounded guide to where former DeepMind people, broadly defined, show up in the London AI scene — public events only, no insider name-dropping.

A practitioner comparison of Coinbase and Binance-flavoured London events in 2026 — given the layoffs and regulatory shifts, which circuit is actually still worth a Tuesday.

No fake voucher codes. Just the publicly-listed ways to eat at Dishoom and Hawksmoor for less — early-bird menus, set lunches, OpenTable specials, and the bits people forget.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 London business networking events actually worth going to in 2026 — no rubber chicken function rooms, no LinkedIn webinar slop.

Eight London tasting menus under £100 a head — proper restaurants, serious cooking, no tourist mark-up. Ranked by a London regular.

After publicly reported Coinbase layoffs, the London crypto scene has thinned. A short, honest take on which events are still worth your evening.

A practical guide to where the London ex-Stripe crowd actually meets — public events, fintech meetups, and the founder dinners with high alumni density.

A proper sunny-day guide to London — pub gardens, lidos, parks with a half-decent kiosk, rooftop bars that take walk-ins, and the open-air markets worth queueing for.

Kate Fletcher ranks the actually-useful networking events for London tech founders in 2026 — from EF Demo Days to AI Tuesdays to the unofficial Soho House founder breakfasts.

A 2026 ranking of London curry houses — from Tooting and Whitechapel to the Tayyabs queue and the proper Sri Lankan rooms. No chains, no nonsense.

A ranked list of the yoga studios and one-off classes in London actually worth the drop-in fee in 2026 — from a sweaty Triyoga vinyasa to a free Sunday class on Primrose Hill.

No fake codes, just the publicly-listed routes to cheap London theatre — TodayTix lottery, day seats, Theatre Tokens, pay-what-you-can previews and where to actually use them.

Kate Fletcher ranks London's best life drawing classes — Drink and Draw, Hackney Picturehouse, Rosemary Branch, the Royal Drawing School, and the proper academic options.

A long-time Soho House member explains why the membership fee no longer makes sense, what changed, and what is actually replacing it for London creatives.

Kate Fletcher ranks the women-in-tech meetups, conferences and dinners in London worth showing up for in 2026 — Code First Girls, Ada's List, WIE, and the rest.

Eight genuinely good London immersive experiences in 2026 — proper theatre, art installations, dining-as-theatre. Skipping the obvious Van Gogh tents and TikTok rooms.

A 2026 ranking of London vegan restaurants — proper kitchens, no nonsense, the rooms that take vegan food seriously rather than as an afterthought.

A ranked list of the vintage shops in London actually worth a Saturday in 2026 — from a Brick Lane warehouse you should know about to a Hackney rail of properly curated 90s.

Bumble and Hinge both run real-life meetups in London now. Kate Fletcher compares the two — vibe, age, ratio, and which one is worth showing up to.

Kate Fletcher rounds up the best free events in London for the week of 30 March 2026 — meetups, talks, gallery nights, market wanders.

A long, honest guide to making friends in London as an adult — the formats that actually work, the ones that don't, and the patience required.

Kate Fletcher's honest guide to London on your own — the museums, the meals, the gigs, the walks. Where solo actually works in London 2026 (and where it doesn't).

Kate Fletcher rounds up the best London events for the week of 30 March 2026 — first proper week of British Summer Time, expect a lot of rooftops.

A neighbourhood guide to AI and tech events within ten minutes of Google's King's Cross office, with realistic walk-from-tube notes.

A months-long, mildly painful field report on London singles nights in 2026. The good, the strange, the ones that are basically MLM events with wine.

A roundup of what's actually on in London for Easter 2026 — egg hunts that aren't naff, exhibitions to catch, and the long-weekend things worth booking.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 12 founder dinners and supper-club communities in London actually worth showing up to in 2026 — public groups, no gatekept Whatsapps.

Kate Fletcher ranks the actual decent singles events in London for 2026 — speed dating, run clubs that double as mixers, gallery nights, the lot. No cringe, mostly.

A neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood ranking of the best restaurants in London for 2026 — Soho, Shoreditch, Hackney, Marylebone, Peckham and more, ranked by a Londoner who actually eats out.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 8 first-date bars in Shoreditch that don't feel like a job interview — proper drinks, room to talk, easy exits if it goes wrong.

A proper London pizza ranking for 2026 — Neapolitan, New York, Roman al taglio, sourdough — eaten through, argued about, and finally written down.

Kate Fletcher's honest guide to London with kids in 2026. The free museums, the parks, the cheap days out, and the things tourist guides always miss.

A proper guide to finding events in London in 2026 — which sites still work, which lists to ignore, and the ten habits that actually pay off.

Kate Fletcher walks you through a Peckham weekend that isn't just Frank's Café — Bussey Building, Canavan's, the rye lane crawl, and the Saturday morning bits people skip.

12 events worth your time in the capital this week, from a Soho jazz late to a Shoreditch demo night that will probably oversell. Curated by someone who actually goes to these things.

A realistic guide to public events where Anthropic's London team has spoken or shown up — no insider claims, just publicly listed meetups and conferences.

A proper London weekend round-up for late March 2026. Theatre, gigs, free gallery openings and the kind of small things you would miss without a local nudging you toward them.

A direct comparison of London's West End and New York's Broadway in 2026 — pricing, programming, the off-strip scene, and where the actual best new writing is happening.

Shoreditch or Dalston for a London night out — Kate Fletcher compares the two on bars, clubs, food, prices and which postcode is actually worth the night bus home.

A direct comparison of Shoreditch and Clapham as first-date areas — bar density, atmosphere, exit options, and which one's honestly better in 2026.

A proper rainy-day guide to London — galleries with cafes, late-opening cinemas, indoor markets, and the pubs you can spend three hours in without getting moved on.

Eventbrite still owns a lot of London. But in tech, AI and founder-world, Luma has quietly taken over. A look at why, and what Eventbrite still does better.

London under-£15 dinners that aren't miserable. From Kiln's lunch to Rita's £12 burger to the Dishoom bacon naan, the cheap-eats list a Londoner would actually use.

Kate Fletcher ranks the best expat and newcomer meetups in London for 2026 — InterNations, Meetup groups, language exchanges, and the proper community calendar for new arrivals.

A plain-English guide to Anthropic's London presence — what is publicly reported, where the office sits, and where you can credibly bump into the team.

Soho Theatre or Bush Theatre — Kate Fletcher compares London's two best new-writing venues on programming, vibe, ticket prices and which one you should book this month.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 10 first-date spots in Soho that actually work in 2026 — proper drinks, room to talk, exits if it tanks, no £22 negronis served by the rude.

Kate Fletcher ranks the 12 London theatres actually worth your money in 2026 — from the National to the Menier, with what to book and what to skip.

Eight London exhibitions worth your time in spring 2026 — Tate, V&A, National Gallery, Whitechapel and the smaller venues programming the most interesting shows of the year.

Meetup.com used to be how London found its tribe. It is not, anymore. A look at what actually replaced it in 2026, and why the answer is not just Luma.

Kate Fletcher rounds up the best events, gigs, talks and dinners in London for the week of 9 March 2026 — from Soho Theatre to fabric.