Welcome to The Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide London Extra.

London’s best tube-walking maps are here…

Try the alternative tube map (for walkers) from The Londonist.

You can also try this distinctly loopy walking map - with thanks to geofftech.co.uk.

Oxford Street Without a Map

Oxford Street the easy way – it all starts with the right exit at Oxford Circus train station…

Covent Garden Without a Map

And this could save you a lot of fuss too…

London’s greatest late-booking hotel websites

Wotif is a great Australian standby. Wot if we only had 30 minutes to find an AUD$100 hotel in London? We’d go here.

Last Minute UK famously finds amazing deals on Friday nights.

And don’t forget to check our own hotel booking service on this site – flash sales can sometimes reduce the cost of a three or four-star hotel  by 50%. Follow us on Twitter for Alison Carmichael Rulten’s Hotlist, which regularly features big London hotel bargains.

The Dorchester is one of the hotels on our booking site which frequently features bargainista deals – look now, and book now if so! We checked rooms at the end of November for you and found 37% off a superior double room for £510. If you snap up one of these deals and love your stay, please share your experiences with us on Twitter.

Vivienne Westwood’s London

Find a wonderful short film about Vivienne Westwood’s London here. Special thanks to her brilliant former staffer Leonie Edwards-Jones for letting us know about Dame Vivienne’s penchant for The Wallace Collection…

The No-Map Guide to Brighton – for those of you who don’t want to walk around with a flapping map or staring at a flipping app.

Playlists and downloads

Sweet Tooth chanteuse Fleurtini (pictured) and producer Gavin Hammond have nailed the sound of Soho. And Brixton. And Mayfair. Donwload their EP La Vie Anglaise, exclusively for readers of The Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide, here.