The Provoked Wife at the RSC
In his excellent account of his time at the National Theatre, Balancing Acts, Nicholas Hytner…
Author Alex Larman
Native
I had been trying to visit Native restaurant for what seemed like an age. There…
The Mole Inn
The words ‘the Mole Inn, Toot Baldon’ sum up a kind of quintessential Englishness. I…
Bingham Riverhouse
When I either become rich, or wise, or an especially successful writer – note the…
Ooty
The text I get from Larry, as I’m walking at some speed towards Baker Street,…
Bel and the Dragon, Windsor
Obviously, I had my own ideas about why it was called that. ‘It’s a feminist…
Cherwell Boathouse
Most restaurants last around a decade, give or take. This is generally because trends change,…
Kanishka
‘I like goat’, my lunch companion said, with a broad smile spreading over his charming…
Vermuteria
Walking into the new, Thomas Heatherwick-designed, Coal Drops Yard feels rather like going to some…
The Gore
The grand old dames of Kensington hotels are a variable bunch. Some are tottering gently…
Gee’s, Oxford
North Oxford connotes something very specific in the English lexicon. Like ‘West London’, there is…
Victors, Oxford
Say what you like about climate change and global warming, but it does have one…