Blakes Restaurant
Most hotels and their attendant restaurants tend to be places that all but throw open…
Author Alex Larman
Dial W For Dining: Winchester’s Rising Restaurant Scene
It’s all the fault of the Wykeham Arms. This pub, which has won countless awards…
Gunpowder, Tower Bridge
‘Remember, remember, the fifth of November, The Gunpowder, treason and plot, I know of no…
Maison Talbooth
‘Nothing ever becomes real til it is experienced.’ So wrote John Keats, a man who…
A Tale Of Two Brunches
There are many vogues in London eating and drinking at the moment, and they are…
Cinnamon Kitchen, Oxford
Vivek Singh is a canny man. Anyone who has been to Westminster’s peerless Cinnamon Club…
The Ivy In The Lanes
Usually, when a restaurant group rolls out new locations quickly, it’s a sign that the…
The Sun Inn, Dedham
If Dedham didn’t exist, someone would have had to invent it. Arriving at this quite…
A Child’s Paradise: Chia Laguna, Sardinia
I wipe my eyes in disbelief. Am I seeing things? Is a giant Teletubby really…
All Hail the Pie Man: The Newman Arms
Over the course of the past few years, Larry and I have ventured intrepidly across…
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
It is unlikely that you will see a bleaker, nastier or funnier play in the…
Chimichurris
Kick off. Dining anywhere in London in the midst of the World Cup season is…