There are quite a few cities I love to visit, a few I think I could enjoy living in for a year or two, but none that, for me, match London.

It may, of course, simply be that it always feels like home. But it's just a stunning city with so much to offer. Fabulous architecture ...

The classic sights, old and new ...

London can even offer a night skyline if you're lucky enough to have access to the right vantage points ...

A shedload of museums and galleries ...

A constant supply of festivals and events, most of them free ...

And a people who can be counted on to get into the spirit of things ...

Every cuisine imaginable ...

(Ok, I've only illustrated one, but that's because I'm generally too busy eating! Suffice it to say a group of us are doing an A-Z of world cuisine via London restaurants, and the problem with most letters is how to choose between the several different nationalities available.)

And every photographic backdrop you could possibly ask for ...