Like it or not (ready or not), Christmas is on its way. Hell, it’s already paraded its way through Harrods. And like it or not, there’s a good chance you’ll be parading your way down to Harrods for some festival season elbow jabbing , gift shopping before too long as well. Consider checking out the Galler’s corner of the Harrods Food Halls (or pop over to their newly launched UK website). Galler recently had......

Hundreds of children gathered around Harrods early this morning in what seemed like freezing temperatures to watch the annual Harrods Christmas Parade. This year marks the 100th year in which Father Christmas has been welcomed to Christmas Grotto at Harrods. He received a warm welcome by Harrods Chairman, Mr Al Fayed at the end of the Cinderella themed parade. The children's spirits were kept high while waiting for the parade as they were given many......

Tucked into a convenient nook beneath an elevator at Harrods, Comic Timing is a thoughtfully curated exhibition of original artwork by British comic book writers and artists. As the curators note, comic art has long been seen as a disposable medium - the "off cuts" of the industry, they were often given away or destroyed, and it is relatively recently that the fruits of the artists' labours have been seen as valuable in their......

We're sorry, Ms. (Janet) Jackson, but celebrity fashion lines are usually a wardrobe malfunction of the highest order: throw a star and a bunch of fancy garms together, and hope gawping sleb-sessed punters will part with cash on dubious trends. Yet André 3000 (née Benjamin) of OutKast holds a little more credibility. Over the years he's furrowed an idiosyncratic line in Thirties dandy-wear and collegiate apparel. His new Benjamin Bixby label, launched at a lavish......

We know Croydon has big ideas, angling for a city style makeover New York or Barcelona style but the south London suburb is really going to have to buck up its ideas if it wants to stay ahead of the Zone 1 game - their high street hot spot, Tiger Tiger, was a clear 3 weeks late getting unseasonably festive, having been pipped to the yuletide post by Harrods with its midsummer move to......

Are you getting that tight throated feeling? Is your wallet feeling lighter? Are you panicking because there simply isn't enough time left. Well have no fear ladies and gents Harrods have come to the rescue! Last week the department store opened their Christmas department a whopping 142 days before Xmas. We know it's good to get organised but surely that's a bit ridiculous? We put this to Harrods and a spokesperson told us that, "With......

There's harrumphing at Harrods today as Al Fayed caused internal divisions granting shop floor staff an extra 2 days holiday but forgetting about all his backroom employees. Which is unfortunate, really, because on the website's career pages, the behind the scenes workers are first up for a mention: "...they ensure the smooth running of state of the art systems controlling everything from technology displays to electronic tills". Despite a spokesperson's assurances that a strike......

For the super rich and the super paranoid, Harrods will soon be carrying a line of fashion to fill your needs. As of next week, the "designer bulletproof fashion" of Miguel Caballero will be available in Knightsbridge. Caballero first introduced his line of bulletproof outerwear 15 years ago in his native Colombia during the civil war. Now, London's elite will have the opportunity to dress with the style and confidence of royalty, Hugo Chavez, and......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 17th December 1983: An IRA car bomb explodes near Harrods in Knightsbridge, killing six people (including three police officers) and injuring a further 85 Christmas shoppers. Tuesday – 18th December 1890: The world’s first ‘deep-level’ electric tube line opens, connecting Stockwell and King William Street. As we mentioned last year, the City & South London Railway would later become a part of the Northern Line as we......