5 mini museums to pack into your lunch break

If your lunch-times are spent munching while hunched over a screen in the scintillating company of a spreadsheet, it may be time to grab your coat and embrace some culture. A new environment can work wonders for problem solving and new subject matter will help get the creative juices flowing again. If squeezing a museum visit into half an hour seems a tall order, here’s my top five bite-size, mini museum wonders guaranteed to revive and refresh the parts that a spreadsheet never can.

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The Freud Museum

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Swap the sandwich rut for a street food fix

Are you jaded with congealed leftovers? Does cheese and pickle leave you cold? Are you sick of the sight of the staff canteen? If so, it may be time to break out the lunch-break rut and embrace London’s sizzling street food trend.

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Mexican Street Kitchen

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Swap the canteen for lunch in Paris

With the office lunch hour squeezed into a schedule jam-packed with meetings, appointments and deadlines, the pleasure of going out for lunch can quickly be marred by slow service, compulsive clock-watching and a guilty dash back to your desk.  To avoid reaching for the Rennies before rushing to your next meeting, why not book out the day for a luxurious lunch with a continental twist.

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Ile St Louis

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5 ways to reclaim your lunch break

Does lunchtime pass in a blur of deadlines and ill-timed meetings?  With one in five of us not taking a single lunch break during the working week, it is not surprising that 49% of office workers feel stressed at work on a daily basis. With compelling evidence demonstrating the benefits of lunch-breaks, I am blanking out two lunchtimes a week on my outlook calendar to explore new horizons. If you want to join me, here’s my top 5 tips for a more liberating lunch break.

retro tomato sauce dispensers at the Melt Room

The Melt Room

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