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  1. Palm Restaurant

    Review: The Palm restaurant

    It is evident the moment you step through The Palm’s doors that this is a restaurant where people go to show off. It’s full of businessmen in suits, thrashing out a deal over the impressive food. But that is by...
  2. Penhaligons Artemisia range

    Four (little) treats to warm you up this month

    We’re all in a big freeze. Christmas seems like a distant memory. And it seems forever until the next holiday. But here at Kingsroad.co.uk we don’t believe in denying yourself during surely the most depressing of seasons. Here are four...
  3. David Bowie, Aladdin Sane

    Duffy: The Lost Portraits at Proud Chelsea

    Later this month, Proud Chelsea brings us its latest exhibition: Duffy: The Lost Portraits. The exhibition will showcase an exclusive collection of rare, signed prints from the sixties music and fashion photographer, Brian Duffy. 
  4. Horrible Histories Barmy Britain

    Win tickets to see HORRIBLE HISTORIES BARMY BRITAIN

    Horrible Histories comes to London next week with the world premiere of HORRIBLE HISTORIES – BARMY BRITAIN - dishing the dirt on life in Britain from our rotten Roman rulers, to the terrible Tudors, slimy Stuarts, gorgeous Georgians, vile Victorians, right...
  5. MiH Jeans

    MiH Jeans popping up at Anthropologie for London Fashion Week

    King's Road gets a special visitor next week as Anthropologie welcomes MiH Jeans to its spiritual home. The gallery space inside Anthropologie, is transforming into a MiH Jeans denim store for four weeks, coinciding with this year's London Fashion Week (LFW). The gallery will...
  6. London marathon

    How to prepare for a successful marathon: 10 tips

    The Virgin London Marathon is two months away and many of you are well into your training. Whether you're running a marathon or half marathon this year, it's essential to prepare properly. So before you end up like many other...
  7. Young Writers Festival Royal Court Theatre

    Young Writers Festival opens this week at The Royal Court

    The Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers Festival, which has been launching the writing careers of the country’s best known playwrights since 1973 is set to take over the Jerwood Theatre upstairs at the Royal Court this week.
  8. Urban Retreat at Home

    Urban Retreat launches home service in Chelsea

    If you, like us, find it impossible to fit pampering, preening and to put it bluntly general maintenance into what is already a packed schedule (popular bunch we are) you might just want to raise your arms skyward and thank...
  9. Chunda Palace

    Win a luxury holiday and £500 to spend at EAST

    To celebrate the release of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - starring Judi Dench and Bill Nighy - EAST is offering you the chance to win six luxurious nights at the Chunda Palace in Udaipur, India, plus £500 to spend...
  10. Spring fair Spring basket

    Ticket offer: Spring Fair exhibition

    With spring around the corner, The Country Living Magazine Spring Fair at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London from 21 – 25 March 2012, promises a lovely day amongst some of the UK’s leading artisans. 
  11. Earls Court Olympics

    Council urge local businesses to prepare for London 2012

    With the Olympic and Paralympic Games approaching, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) council is urging local businesses to prepare and make sure they keep running smoothly. To help businesses prepare for London 2012, a series of workshops are...
  12. Great Taste Cadogan

    The Great Taste Showcase begins

    Producers are taking centre stage at The Cadogan on Sloane Street this week as the Great Taste Showcase begins. Under the direction of head chef, Oliver Lesnik, award-winning local ingredients will feature in set lunch and dinner menus, as well as...
  13. Luxury serviced apartment Chelsea

    Accommodating a family for a weekend in London

    London is one of the greatest cities to visit for a weekend away with the family or friends, and with so much to do and see one day is surely not enough. One borough that is visited daily for its...
  14. Chelsea Day Spa

    Getting made in Chelsea at The Chelsea Day Spa

    Aged 15, whilst clad in Jack Wills and armed with a barely slurped Starbucks caramel Frappuccino, a pay-as-you-go mobile phone with £2.21 credit and my mother’s pashmina, I set foot upon the King’s Road for the first time for some...
  15. Jeffrey Cambell summer shoes

    The Shoes for Summer

    It’s what everyone has been waiting for – the Spring/Summer 2012 collection from Jeffrey Campbell. With spring and summer fast approaching, thoughts are circling around what shoes will be turning heads at this season’s summer parties and prom events.
  16. Fearne Cotton

    Bafta awards 2012: Hair style wrap up

    Gina Conway is owner and director of Gina Conway Aveda Salons. With salons in Fulham, Chelsea, Notting Hill and Wimbledon, Gina provides her critique of the hair styles at the 65th Baftas last night together with some quick how to's...
  17. Childcare Fulham

    How to organise your childcare: 4 options

    Whatever type of mother you are, there is a childcare option to suit you. Organising childcare can seem complicated and daunting especially when purse strings are tight. There are many different childcare options, which all come with varying costs. Amanda...
  18. Frae ice cream

    Win FRAE frozen yogurt and tickets to London Fashion Weekend

    FRAE Frozen Yogurt is opening at 130 King's Road later this month (February) and to celebrate is giving two lucky winners a free FRAE Frozen Yogurt and a pair of tickets to Vodafone London Fashion Weekend!
  19. Designer Sales UK Chelsea Old Town Hall

    Designer Sales UK: a preview of 4 designers this SS12

    As Spring is the time for all things new, Designer Sales UK (DSUK) is excited to reveal some great new stock and designers that will be joining us at our magnificently mad March sale. Our sale is going to be full...
  20. Range Rover Evoque

    Car insurance: the importance and the cost

    When it comes to driving, the importance of car insurance cannot be overstated. The figures and finances surrounding uninsured driving in Britain make for alarming reading. Especially when taking into consideration the relative ease of finding cheap car insurance, the...
  21. Acupuncture Chelsea Fulham

    Kate Winstanley: Introducing acupuncture

    Coinciding with the first ever Acupuncture Awareness Week (27 February to 4 March), local acupuncturist Kate Winstanley writes about how a 2000 year old practice is becoming more and more popular. Kate Winstanley gives the low-down on what acupuncture treatment...
  22. Bunga Bunga

    Bunga Bunga launches party brunch

    Notorious Battersea nightspot Bunga Bunga will throw open its doors for a weekly party brunch that will offer a matinée show set to be unlike any other in London.
  23. Parallax art fair Chelsea Old Town Hall

    Guest blog: Parallax art fair coming to King's Road

    Rebecca Marcus-Monks is the exhibition manager for the international art fair, Parallax AF, which is holding a three day event next week at Chelsea Old Town Hall. The art fair will showcase both established and emerging artists from around the...
  24. Valentines chocolates

    4 restaurant ideas for valentine's (and a special gift)

    Love is always on the King's Road. But with the buzz of Valentine’s starting to build, what better way to treat that special someone than with a romantic dinner for two? Here are some of our picks.
  25. Brent Cooper

    How to choose the right bed: 5 tips

    March is National Bed Month, an entire month dedicated to celebrating the most important piece of furniture in the home, the bed. Brent Cooper, managing director of Marshall & Stewart and former Hästens sleep expert, shares his five tips for buying the...