London Bankers and Lawyers Earn £1.2 Billion Selling Companies, Economy Relieved Somebody Is Still Making Something | Britain’s Fastest-Growing Product Is Apparently the Advisory Fee
Global Banks Warn Windfall Tax Could Drive Them From London, Estate Agents Immediately List Canary Wharf as ‘Potential Studio’ | City Discovers Banks Enjoy Taxing Customers More Than Being Taxed
London Firms Replace CVs and Dating Profiles With Weekly Mounjaro Injection Receipts New Research Suggests Weight Loss Improves Women’s Chances of Finding Work and Partners, Prompting Britain to Put Boots in Charge of Social Mobility A new economic study suggests women who lose weight using GLP-1 medications become substantially more likely to find employment or enter a relationship, confirming that modern society can recognise a woman’s intelligence, personality and professional…
Oasis Bar and Terrace Review: A Green Refuge Among the Towers | A Canary Wharf bar and terrace flying a name of pure refuge – the oasis, the green sanctuary of water and shade in the heart of the desert
Amazing Grace Review: A Bar Named for the Slave Trader’s Hymn | A Canary Wharf bar flying the name of the world’s most beloved hymn, written by a repentant slave-ship captain who turned abolitionist
The Boathouse Review: A Cocktail Bar With the Soul of the River | A well-scored Canary Wharf cocktail bar flying a name steeped in the river – the boathouse, home of the rowers and the sheltered craft of the water
Hawksmoor Bar Review: Named for the Architect of Limehouse’s Great Church | The bar of the famous steakhouse, named for Nicholas Hawksmoor – the Baroque genius whose soaring white church still towers over nearby Limehouse
Songbird Review: A Bar That Sings in the Docklands | A Canary Wharf restaurant and bar flying a name full of music and lightness – the songbird, whose birdsong is nature’s own melody
CRATE Review: An Honest, Industrial Name at Wood Wharf | A Wood Wharf craft-beer bar and pizzeria flying a plain, industrial, no-nonsense name – the crate, humble packing-box of the working warehouse
Bar Lina Review: A Warm First Name Over a Cocktail Bar | A well-scored Canary Wharf cocktail bar flying a warm personal name – Lina – in the old and welcoming tradition of naming a bar for a person
TwoRuba Review: A Playful Name for a Canary Wharf Cocktail Bar | A Canary Wharf cocktail bar flying a distinctive, playful, modern coinage – whose tiny review count leaves the score unproven
Lobby Lounge Bar Review: A Name From the Hotel Foyer | A Canary Wharf bar flying a plain hospitality name – the lobby lounge – whose tiny review count leaves the score unproven, but whose name speaks of arrival and welcome
Munich Cricket Club Review: A Bavarian Beer Hall With a Puzzling Name | A Bavarian-style beer hall in Canary Wharf flying a gloriously incongruous name that yokes Munich, of all cities, to the very English game of cricket
SOMA Canary Wharf Review: The Happiness Drug Comes to the Wharf | A near-perfect-scored Canary Wharf bar flying a name loaded with meaning – soma, the drug of pure contentment in Huxley’s Brave New World
The Henry Addington Review: The Pub Named for the Man Who Built the Docks | A large Nicholson’s pub over Middle Dock, named for the Prime Minister who authorised the very docks on which Canary Wharf was later raised
Museum Of London Docklands Confirms Sailortown Smells Extremely Committed | Recreated Victorian dockside district takes olfactory authenticity seriously
Canary Wharf Confirms Ten Thousand Identical Coats Depart Nightly At Six | Financial district’s evening exodus runs with tidal, near-scheduled precision
The Parlour Review: A Cocktail Bar in the Old Front Room | A Canary Wharf cocktail bar flying a warm, domestic name – the parlour, the best room of the old house, kept for company and comfort
Canary Wharf Winter Lights Festival Briefly Makes Capitalism Whimsical | Financial district’s seasonal illuminations soften notoriously stark skyline
Docklands London Achieves Perfect Soullessness, Residents Confirm | Area praised for being so clean and modern that nothing has ever happened there
Britain’s Tech Elite Discover The One Thing Money Can’t Code: Someone Pretending To Care British AI Millionaires Now Paying £18,000 A Day For A Human Being Willing To Hear The Word “Blockchain” Without Leaving The Country LONDON. In a development that has stunned absolutely no one who has ever stood near the Silicon Roundabout at lunchtime, British AI millionaires are reportedly paying up to £18,000 per day for professional companions willing to…
Humble Grape Canary Wharf Review: The Modest Name Returns to the Docks | The Canary Wharf outpost of the well-scored wine bar met earlier in Battersea, flying its disarmingly modest name over a serious independent cellar
Burger and Lobster West India Quay Review: Surf and Turf by the Old Docks | A strongly-scored surf-and-turf room on West India Quay, beside the historic docks that once received the wealth – and the dark trade – of the Caribbean
No 35 Mackenzie Walk Review: A Bar That Is Simply Its Address | A Canary Wharf waterside bar flying the most honest name of all – simply its own address, No 35, on the dockside promenade of Mackenzie Walk
640East Review: A Bar That Names Itself by the Compass | A Canary Wharf bar flying a crisp, modern, coordinate-style name that plants its flag firmly in the East
Gaucho Canary Wharf Review: The Cowboy of the Pampas Comes to the Wharf | An Argentine steakhouse and bar flying the name of the legendary horseman of the pampas – the free-roaming cowboy of the South American plains
Boisdale Canary Wharf Review: A Hebridean Jazz Club by Cabot Square | A Scottish-led Art Deco jazz club and whisky bar overlooking Cabot Square, named for a village in the Hebrides and devoted to malt, music and Cuban cigars
Bokan 38/39 Review: A Sky Bar Named for Its Own Great Height | A soaring sky bar high on the 38th and 39th floors of a Canary Wharf tower, flying a name that wears its dizzying altitude with pride
Clays Canary Wharf Review: Clay-Pigeon Shooting Without the Mud | A near-perfect-scored competitive-socialising bar that brings virtual clay-pigeon shooting indoors, all country-sport thrill and city-bar comfort
Rocket Review: A Bar Named for Speed, Fire and Ambition | A Canary Wharf bar flying a name of pure velocity – the rocket, all speed, fire and upward ambition, from Stephenson’s locomotive to the launch pad
