They’re part of a team, or league, called the London Rockin’ Rollers here for a routine Roller Derby practice session, which is one of Britain’s fastest growing grass root sports.

After taking a look at the city’s bright festivities and the dilemmas of personally celebrating Chinese New Year, Anna and Heng decided to join forces for a fun cultural encounter over dim sum. Their delightful and hilarious experience is enough to get you down to Chinatown.

We’ve all used London transport enough times to know there’s an unspoken etiquette – and it’s not exactly the nicest. People keep to themselves. Eye contact is rare. But every once in a while, something bizarre happens – and you can’t help but smile.

What’s Chinese New Year without a bit of well-earned traditional guilt? Paying social debts, washing away past sins (or future good luck), seeing ‘old friends’—for Heng Lu, celebrating the new year is one large balancing act.

Sick of the usual pubs and clubs? Allya Davidson and Johannes Ledel Karreskog have uncovered a new form of entertainment on a night out. Combining graffiti and competition. Secret Wars have arrived in London.

What better way to enjoy entertaining British culture than to sing along to the most unholy yet hilarious sounds of football chants!

If you’re a foreign student you will most likely spend Christmas and New Year back in your homecountry, missing out on the jubilant celebrations in Britain’s capital. But don’t despair. While ploughing through your courses in second term, you can also celebrate your very London, although Chinese, New Year!

If you’re new to Korean cuisine, this supermarket-cafe is the perfect place to whet your appetite, serving classic Korean dishes at not-so-classic cheap prices.

Memories of Vietnam conjure up smoky street vendors selling garlicky grilled beef, steaming bowls of pho piled with cilantro and fresh lime, and beachside mornings awoken to Vietnamese coffee. At London’s fabulous Cay Tre, you’d think it came with a beach.

Discrimination is something ex-pats everywhere have had to deal with. Michele Martinelli tells us how he was discriminated against for having an Italian-sounding surname when trying to buy tickets for a football match.

Who says there is nothing to laugh about in these hard times? Check out this free comedy show in Central London.

Fancy lounging through old bookshops imbued with history and culture? Look no further than the charming second-hand bookstores on Charing Cross Road.

Clubs, Parks, Celebrities and “snogging”: South Ken really has it all. Stephanie Bainum highlights the many perks of this famous area.

Always on the lookout for new and wallet-friendly ways to enjoy London, The First Pint sent Michele Martinelli to check out Lee Hurst’s comedy club.