London Shopping

• In Tottenham Court Road you'll find interior furnishing and electronic equipment.

• Try King's Road in Chelsea for interior design too.

• Antiques can be found in Kensington Church Street.

• For fun areas with a diverse mix of shops and goods, go to Convent Garden, which also has street entertainment.

• Camden Town is known for its funky young fashion.

• Look in Charing Cross Road for new and second-hand books, which are generally reasonably priced.

• Oxford Street and Kensington High Street are well known for mainstream fashion and shoes, with shops as Selfridges, Debenhams, John Lewis and Marks & Spencers.

• Designer clothes from world-renowned desiners are in Bond Street and South Molton Street. Just south of Bond street, is fashion from the best British designers.

• Near to Piccadilly, streets such as Savile Row and Burlington Arcade have been at the heart of English tailoring since 1800s.

• Although expensive, the formal wear in this area is famous for is quality and durability. Jermyn Street shirts, in particular, have an excellent reputation.

For perfume, try Floris, London's first parfumers, also on Jermyn Street.

• Hatton Garden near Holborn has been the centre of London's jewellery trade since the middle ages. With over 1,000 shops run by Britain's finest jewellers and craftspeople, it has won international praise.

• If you are looking for upmarket goods, you can find knitwear and authentic tartans in the Scotch House in Knightsbridge and designer label fashion in Harvey Nichols.

• Visit Harrods, if only to see the food halls, which have retained their Victorian splendour and have an astounding variety of foods.

• Contemporary Applied Arts, in Percy St, W1 has top quality British crafts on display.

Ethical London Shopping

• The UK has seen an explosion in the demand for fairly traded products that give producers from developing countries a fair and stable price.