The travel site cheapflights.co.uk has created a rather fabulous infographic exploring some of the real-life locations as featured in children’s books. And as we love a) infographics and b) kids books we simply had to share.

The Queens Diamond Jubilee marked the start of a tourist rush into the capital for a summer of partying (and accompanying drinking) thanks to the upcoming Olympics and Cultural Olympiad.  To celebrate the best of british literature we thought we would compile a little list detailing the top-spots where readers can go and raise a glass of ale in honour of our literary history.  We have focused primarily on our esteemed literary drinking dens around Soho, Bloomsbury, Fleet Street and the Southbank making a rather nice trail around central London, although we won't be held responsible should you decide to take a tipple in all of them on the way...

With all the special event emails flooding my inbox it would seem that the literary festival season is now well and truly underway.  Having digested all the exciting programmes and event listings here is mini round-up of some of the things I wish I could get along to in May and June…

Following Tuesdays unveiling of English Heritage’s most recent blue plaque to honour the fantastic novelist Jean Rhys, we’re going to take a little book exchange outing this weekend, and prepared with a few soggy sandwiches and a hip-flask (of coffee of course) we will take a mini literary blue plaque tour to discover where some of our favourite authors laid their heads when residing in West London.