Britain on the Cheap

Win a two-night stay at The Ritz, London, through Britain Magazine. In celebration of its special London issue, the winner and guest will stay in an Executive King Room and receive breakfast on both mornings and a three-course dinner on one of the evenings in the Ritz Restaurant. For a winner who lives outside the [...]

The vino’s on Madconald Hotels & Resorts when you book an autumn break, from £45/$76 per person. Choose from hotels around the UK, and book now to Nov 28; stay from now to Dec 2. When you dine in the hotel restaurant, you’ll receive a free bottle of wine. Children 12 and younger stay and [...]

Grazing in London? Charmain Ponnuthurai’s new app, “London on a Plate,” covers the capital’s food culture with restaurant reviews, plus a shopping guide to local markets and 80 chefs’ recipes for cooking on your own. The app is £2.99/$5, with 10% from each sale going to the surplus food charity Fareshare. Ponnuthurai is also the [...]

Wales’ Ruthin Castle will throw a Food & Drink Summer Fete July 17 at the castle keep, and admission’s free. Local food suppliers will be exhibiting and selling their goods, and the castle will host a family fun zone. The day runs 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. The medieval castle hotel, with links to the legends [...]

Bailiffscourt Hotel on the West Sussex coast will celebrate the season with a spring vegetable dinner May 27. The package includes a canapé reception, the five-course meal with organic wines, a room overnight and breakfast at a third of the usual rate: £115/$187 per person sharing for May 27. The menu will feature vegetable broth, [...]

Talk about a capital cuppa! The Langham London will celebrate its 146th anniversary June 10 with afternoon tea for only seven pence/11 cents. On June 10, 1865, HRH the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, cut the ribbon and officially opened The Langham, London. The Langham, London will bring back the original price with [...]

The inaugural Tea & Coffee Festival will get perking May 6-8 at London’s Southbank Centre. The free festival is part of the Festival of Britain’s 60th Anniversary. Taste your way along the stalls, fueled by tea and coffee macaroons, tea biscuits, churros with mocha chocolate, cakes and sandwiches. The weekend will be rich with tutored [...]

London’ Renaissance Pubs are caught up in Royal Wedding fever, reviving the ’80s iconic Brit TV show, “Swap Shop.” Just bring in your old royal memorabilia and swap it for food and drink absolutely free on April 29 at any of the pubs: The Avalon, Abbeville and Stonhouse in Clapham, The Bolingbroke in Battersea and [...]

The Royal Wedding calls for a lovely afternoon tea, and London’s restaurants and hotels are starching the linens and warming the teapots. The Cavendish London Hotel is serving a Taste of Royal-Tea with scones, salmon and cucumber sandwiches and traditional fruit cake and a selection of Katie’s chocolate truffles. £15/$24 per person, April 25-May 2. [...]

If you’re lucky enough to be in London for the Royal Wedding and you just happen to be named Kate or Will, the city’s opening its doors to you. The Botanist on Sloane Square and The Cadogan Arms on King’s Road, both regular haunts of today’s young royals, are rewarding the first Kate and William [...]