A London Staycation
Usually, in August, my family and I start to think about exotic locations to head…
Author Alex Larman
The Ballad of Reading, 2020-style
It is a sad reflection of Reading that one of its two most famous inhabitants…
The Cotswolds Revisited
Heading off for a trip to the Cotswolds at a time of national pandemic might,…
The Crown In Crisis: An Insight
Every author hopes that their book is going to be successful. Otherwise, nobody would put…
Caractère
Sometimes, visiting a restaurant is an experience gauged at precisely the right moment. You are…
Lost Classic: Augustus Carp, Esq, by Himself
2020 marks 40 years since the initial publication of John Kennedy Toole’s comic masterpiece A…
Aubrey Beardsley at the Tate
With all Tate galleries currently closed, Alex Larman caught the new exhibition on Art Nouveau’s most…
The Coal Shed
It’s not every day that you get to take one of Britain’s most eminent literary…
Ember Yard
Good tapas outside of Spain is not the easiest thing to find. Those of us…
The Best Chinese Restaurants in London
As we enter the Year of the Rat, the symbol of wealth and surplus, Alex…
Brother Marcus
Dry January. Are there two words more guaranteed to strike fear into the sybarite’s soul?…
A Cambridge Revisit, Part II: The University Arms
‘How much do you reckon that our refurbishment cost?’ I tried to err on the…