There's more to education than the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Alessandro Tom’ says broad horizons, and recognition of the importance of choice are just as important as the drive epitomised…
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Review: Francis Bacon and the Masters at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Pictured above ‘Two Figures in a Room’ (detail) by Francis Bacon ‘Francis Bacon’s paintings, in spite of their unattractiveness, help…
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The champagne family business facing down revolution and rappers
Louis Roederer Cristal was originally created for Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1876. Worried about assassination, the Tsar commissioned…
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Review: Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
There have been few programmes on the BBC recently that I have enjoyed more than Kew On A Plate, hosted…
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Spring into spring food with Benares, Grain Store Unleashed and more
We are hitting lamb season and with the weather being fairly obliging, you can almost start believing that spring has…
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Tales of snails and squid Bolognese at Koffmann’s at the Berkeley
With the closure of Racine a few months ago, I have been rather lamenting the lack of gutsy, supremely well-cooked,…
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Summery blogs, books and Instagrams to brighten your day
For the past few years, Britain has been cookery crazy. From baking to basting, searing to stewing, a gluttonous deluge…
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Inspired by Kew On A Plate, Emily Rookwood revisited Le Manoir, Raymond Blanc’s plate-perfect countryside retreat There have been few…
ByTales of snails and squid Bolognese at Koffmann's at the Berkeley
Emily Rookwood on one of London’s last remaining bastions of simple, excellent French food With the closure of Racine a…
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Amid a $6 billion man bag boom, how to choose the perfect one for you
I came upon an extraordinary statistic the other day: one in five luxury handbags sold today turns out to be…
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The Larousse Book of Bread author Eric Kayser’s top ten baking tips
Eric Kayser has recently published The Larousse Book of Bread and to celebrate this he has compiled his top ten…
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The Vault at Milroy’s – the (not-so) hidden Soho speakeasy for Smoking Guns and Colombianas
Fridges, mirrors, flowers arrangements and sex shops – there’s more than one way to enter a speakeasy. A few years…
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Review: Rossini, Il Turco in Italia, Royal Opera House
What a joyous romp Il Turco in Italia is. Rossini’s opera is rather confusing in synopsis, but let me try.…
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Spear’s drops in on the palate-pleasing offering with a Palladian theme, and finds an oasis of top wines – and…
ByThe Larousse Book of Bread author Eric Kayser's top ten baking tips
Don’t sweat the setbacks when you embark on ‘the great bread-making adventure’, the French baker and food writer tells Spear’s.…
ByThe Vault at Milroy's – the (not-so) hidden Soho speakeasy for Smoking Guns and Colombianas
Spear’s delves down, through the bookcase into the subtle and unpretentious bat-den that screams good times Fridges, mirrors, flowers arrangements…
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Diary: Melinda Hughes reveals the on-tour antics of an opera star
Pasta diva I thought the days of statuesque divas making the boards creak on stages all around the world were…
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What do Yoshinori Ishii’s mysterious letters from Mayfair have to do with the price of fish?
At first the fishermen of Newlyn in Cornwall were a little bemused. It was late summer in 2010 and notes…
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The cigar that has found its perfect rum accompaniment after 225 years
What are the three failings of the revolution? Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thankfully, no one told Rodolfo Brizumla Jimene the…
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Review: Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, English National Opera
This masterpiece of macabre musical theatre by Stephen Sondheim has had a deconstructive makeover by Lonny Price at the ENO.…
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