Opinion and reporting on what is actually worth your time.
A Manchester native who has worked in both gives a properly honest comparison. Cost, scene, weather, food, dating, weekends, the lot.
A blunt look at Austin in 2026 — what is actually here, what the "new SF" hype got wrong, and why Austin being itself is the actual story.
Tom Bradley argues that non-technical people are missing out by skipping London tech meetups — the rooms are friendlier, more useful, and less gatekept than people assume.
I lived in SF for nine years, worked at three companies, and left in 2024. An honest take on what was great about the Bay Area tech scene and why I still left.
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 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.
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.
A month-long experiment in only attending free London events. What was genuinely good, what was a corporate sales pitch, and what surprised me.
Lucy Sinclair argues the case for doing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe solo — more shows, better choices, and the strange social alchemy of being one in a crowd of thousands.
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.
A Parisian pushes back on the "Paris food is overrated" narrative. What the tourists eat, what the locals eat, and why the gap is wider than it has ever been.
A long-time Berliner on what tourism has actually done to the city\u2019s techno scene, why the door policies are stricter, and where the locals go now.
An East London comedy regular argues that Tuesday is the best night out in London, the comedy circuit's open secret, and why everyone's been doing the weekend wrong.
Brunch in Dubai is not what brunch is anywhere else. A local explains what is actually going on, what to book, and what to swerve in 2026.
London is no longer a late-night city in the way it used to be. A look at what has actually changed in licensing, and what it means for nightlife in 2026.
After publicly reported Coinbase layoffs, the London crypto scene has thinned. A short, honest take on which events are still worth your evening.
A founder's honest take on why startup events became insufferable in 2024, what changed by 2026, and which ones are actually worth showing up to again.
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.
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.
Forget the headline pint price. A proper breakdown of what a Friday night out in London actually costs in 2026 — Ubers, queue jumps, hangover meal, all of it.
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.
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.