The Cadogan Hotel lies somewhere close to the soul of Knightsbridge: more than 120 years old, clad in Harrods brick and terracotta, and suffused with London history. Actress Lillie Langtry occupied the town house for years, and even stayed on in her own suite after converting the building to a hotel. Some say she still does. Just as famously, it was from room 118 that Oscar Wilde was hauled off to two years of......

Any menu that includes a course called “pre dessert” is the sort of menu Londonist can appreciate. And if that menu happens to be a seven course seasonal chocolate menu dreamed up over six months of tasting and experimenting by Almeida head chef, Alan Jones, and chocolatier, Paul A Young … ? Well, Londonist can confirm that we’d love every last morsel of it! Last night, Londonist bopped over to Almeida for a sneak......

This rainy, windy August is really making us yearn for a touch of Gallic charm to lift our summer mood. Of course, we're staying in London so news that the National Theatre is going francophile has got us all of a foux de fafa. If you remember, La Binoche is taking over this September with a headline-grabbing, highly anticipated original performance with contemporary dance superstar, Akram Khan, a retrospective of her prestigious film career......

Her last major role was as Eva Peron in the 2006 West End revival of Evita, and now Argentinian Elena Roger has gone from one iconic woman to another undertaking the role of Edith Piaf in Piaf. Opening last night at the intimate Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden, Pam Gems' biopic returned to the West End stage in a revamped format 30 years after it was first performed. Telling the story of Piaf's life......

Here at Londonist we love random foreign pop. Normally it's Scandanavian but French music also has a big place in our hearts. So we're excited to see that this week shouty French popstar Yelle is in town. She's supporting Mika tonight (Tuesday) but screw that - later on this evening she's playing her own gig at Great Eastern Street's Old Blue Last. Now we must warn you but a gig at the Old Blue......