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Hidden Gem: Where the best Italian restaurants and cabaret clubs are in London. Includes parody tracks which can only be found on this episode and nowhere else! This is a Hidden Gem (🫣💎 ) episode of Best of London including an interesting section from a previous full length episode. Please FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE TO  BEST OF LONDON as we have great shows coming up. For links on all the platforms an...

Award winning actor, writer and star of stage and screen Jessica Regan. You'll hear: The Fleabag Beginnings: Jessica Regan was in the room when Phoebe Waller-Bridge performed a very early version of Fleabag . She reveals the original opening line that grabbed her attention and made her laugh. The Peep Show Confession: How Jessica got to be in the cult show and another big TV show by the same write...

David Lynch and Julia Cameron both have a lifehack which can give you a happy and fulfilled life if you do them every day. This is a Hidden Gem (🫣💎 ) episode with Etan Ilfeld Our guest is an incredibly intelligent, interesting and insightful individual who’s the owner of Watkins Media and Watkins Books and founded The Mind Sports Olympiad and Mind Body Spirit Magazine. He invented diving chess w...

NEW Mood Enhancing NonAlc Drinks, HOW TO Make Friends When Out, BEST Places for Tea, BEST place to Swim, BEST Alcohol Free Venues In London, Awarded an MBE from The Queen, Best of London with Laura Willoughby MBE and Ben Holland Please FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to  BEST OF LONDON as we have great shows coming up. For links on all the platforms and social media, just click here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:/...

FREE Music, Meditation, Mini-Museums, Concerts and Peaceful Havens! Including a 900 year old one! BEST OF LONDON Hidden Gem episode with Living London History presented by Ben Holland My guest's a bestselling author, millions watch his videos he was recommended by our former guest when she was on Best of London . He published his first book called London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers , which...

WHERE to Watch Films for LESS THAN £1 . CINEMA TOURS Loved by Mark Kermode. Amazing SRI LANKAN restaurant that also helps the homeless. Website with the inside scoop on London's Cinemas. BEST OF LONDON with NIGEL SMITH & BEN HOLLAND produced by Ben Afleck My guest worked for the BBC and is a true lover of London, film and history who has tours which celebrate all of these and YOU can book...

This is a hidden gem (🫣💎) episode. To listen to the full episode click here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jMQFcSNRgzNboLaX4qIor?si=f5OuJUlDT_WzTIH4jV7hZQ My guest has acted in stage plays, musicals and feature films. She wrote and released an album which is beautifully sung and has raw, honest, dark and funny lyrics. She has a podcast about her life. She’s an IT guru, a trained lifeguard, a...

JACK BERNHARDT reveals new DISNEY show; The best Taskmaster series, contestant & tasks; Writing The Taskmaster Compendium with Alex Horne & Working with JENNY ECLAIR & LOU SANDERS. My guest's written for The Guardian and series like Horrible Histories and The News Quiz.  He’s recently been writing for a Disney production that’s coming out next year and he gives us an exclusive on t...

My guest's a bestselling author, millions watch his videos he was recommended by our former guest the academic and historian Elizabeth Ingleson when she was on Best of London . In 2023 he published his first book called London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers , which was a Sunday Times Bestseller. Please FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE TO  BEST OF LONDON as we have great shows coming up. For links on all t...

ALEX HORNE reveals TASKMASTER SECRETS, his FIRST EVER FICTION BOOK and his embarrassing dalliance with the Norwegian Prime Minister, his thoughts on AI and if he’d ever use it and why he rips up his birthday cards! PLUS the amazing new HORNE SECTION TOUR. You can WIN a signed Alex Horne book and the customised Horne Section t-shirt worn in this interview by commenting below the video of this episo...

He had a STEPHEN COLBERT TV series and plays comedy clubs worldwide, including New York, Edinburgh and London. He’s been on channels including Comedy Central and is big on social media. He’s done multiple shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He had a recurring role in a Stephen Colbert show who's one of the huge US late night talk TV presenters and presents The Late Show which has remained the...

He launched a series with DAVID ATTENBOROUGH & launched popular TV CHANNELS. He gave a BLUR member a v special ride! He offered to teach DAVE GROHL drums and he's followed by BARACK OBAMA and he's in one of my favourite bands. My guest has SO much insightful advice and recommendations and some great stories. He's helped shape the media and music industries for over 3 decades and he...

VENUE WHERE JAMES ACASTER, TINA FEY, EDDIE MURPHY, CHRIS MCCAUSLAND, CHRIS ROCK, JERRY SEINFELD, DAVE CHAPPELLE, BILL BURR + MORE PERFORMED and my guest WON! BEST SRI LANKAN FOOD & MORE with my amazing guest SINTHUJHA VK who some may also know as SUNNY VK Follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links to us on all the platforms and ALL our social media click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.e...

My guest tells us amazing stories including how a wild urban fox broke into her place, tore up her house, tried to eat her childhood dinosaur collection and started living with her and what happened when her bike was stolen and she used her detective skills to track down the bike thief and confront him. My guest’s a doctor of science who’s worked in a lab and done cutting edge cancer research. She...

In this episode we hear about WRESTLING with GREG DAVIES, ROSIE JONES, ALEX HORNE and ED GAMBLE and an immersive LIFE IN PRISON experience with WRITER, PERFORMER and RADIO HOST - MATTHEW CROSBY! Follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links to us on all the platforms and ALL our social media click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bestolondon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E-mail: ben@lifemac.com ⁠ben@lifemac.com⁠ Y...

You’re in for a treat because my guest knows lots of insider secrets and is a huge fan of music and film and has an amazing knowledge of the best things to do and places to go in London. Please follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links to us on ALL the platforms and social media please simply click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bestolondon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E-mail: ben@lifemac.com He’s been th...

Taken from the very first Q&A episode EVER on Best of London we hear about the BEST FREE views in London including rooftops and parks. Also how to land your DREAM job. Listen to the full episode for all the questions including the best film featuring London and the best way to make friends in London. Please follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links to us on all the platforms and ALL our...

Please follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links to us on ALL the platforms and social media please simply click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bestoflondon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E-mail: ben@lifemac.com Welcome back to Season 3 of Best of London, I’ve missed you all so much. For this season there’ll be an episode every 2 weeks as I’ve got another exciting project to reveal soon.  My guest this week i...

In this Hidden Gem comedian and Bill Murray founder Barry Ferns talks about how to find peace, joy and meaningful connections in London. He tells us about a mass meditation event and a mass pillow fight! It's the end of Season 2 and Season 3 starts soon. Please follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links on all the platforms and social media click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bestoflondon...

SPECIAL EPISODE with a Q&A featuring your questions answered including the best indoor date spots and the best streetfood place and how to meditate and the best places to do that. Each season of Best of London will be 20 episodes long and that consists of 10 wonderful guest episodes, 10 HIDDEN GEM episodes then a Your Questions episode. If you have any questions do please send them through to...

The DESIGNER RACHEL JACKSON talks about the greatest holiday destination and going from a market stall earning £100 a. week to a £2million business. Please follow and subscribe to BEST OF LONDON for links on all the platforms and social media click here:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/bestoflondon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ E-mail: ben@lifemac.com You can listen to the FULL episode which this HIDDEN GEM is taken from by goi...

Includes a HIP HOP song I wrote about our guest. I was introduced to him by our mutual friend Damian Lewis, he’s starred in award winning films and he became close friends with Hollywood actor Tom Hardy who’s since been nominated for an Academy Award. They’ve acted together and even set up a theatre company together. My guest’s also a stand up comedian who’s performed with stars like Harry Hill, S...

JOHN MEAGHER was recently featured in ROLLING STONE who said he was "Ireland's next great comedian." The Irish Times said “it's like watching a young Irish Billy Connolly” he won an award at last year’s Edinburgh Festival and he's been a finalist at the greatest Best Act competitions including ones at The Hackney Empire, The Leicester Mercury's, the BBC AND The Leicester Square Theatre.  He’s also...

I've written 2 songs about my guest. One's at the beginning and one's at the end so let me know what you think and whether I should ever do this again!? My guest this week is Tom Ward, one of the UK’s funniest comedians. He performed a storming set on BBC’s LIVE AT THE APOLLO and he’s been on TV shows like QI and ROAST BATTLE. He hosts a show called Abandoned Engineering where they vis...