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the guide

Guide by Vana

This app is a guide to the good stuff. Where to go and what to do. Written by us, with opinions.

What's inside

Scene

The bars and rooms worth your evening, rated for what they’re good for: a big group, a quiet two, going on your own. Just where we’d send a friend.

In Season

What’s worth your time right now — the shows, tables and one-off nights actually worth booking this month, and the ones to skip. Refreshed as the city changes.

People

An honest map of every good way to meet people in London without an app. Supper clubs, running clubs, reading groups, the members’ clubs worth the money and the ones that aren’t. The ones we rate, rated honestly; the ones we don’t, left out.

You

Everything you save, in one place. Your collections, the out-of-town Escapes worth borrowing for a day or a night, and short reads in Vana’s voice for a slow Sunday.

Getting it

The places we’d send a friend.

The Guide is free. Open it and have a look.