Restaurant review: Den, King's Cross
Emily Rookwood ventures to King’s Cross to see if she can satisfy her hunger for one of mankind’s more entertaining…
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We can't believe it's nut butter (and other culinary delights)
Emily Rookwood samples some rather special bean-to-bar chocolates and nut butters. Yes, nut butters The biggest joy of working in…
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Emily Rookwood dishes out some fine pointers on wine critic Robert Parker’s around-the-world tour of rare treats When Friday rolls…
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Searching for a stake in Britain’s future, next-gen London needs to get out and vote
The general election is just months away, and with some opinion polls indicating that the Tories have pulled into a…
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With the looming possibility that ‘red Ed’ could actually reach Number Ten, Zak Smith tracks down the young Londoners who…
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Robert Ettinger’s diary of incidents and adventures in Asia
TOP NIK Business trips must allow for culture too. I had once heard the Japanese proverb-rhyme ‘Never say kekkou [beauty]…
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From the beauty of Japan’s shogun shrines to bone setters in Sri Lanka, leather CEO Robert Ettinger takes Spear’s through…
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Review: Norfolk’s Titchwell Manor
Author: Aoife Moriarty When you think of getting out of London for the weekend, your first thoughts may wander towards…
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Why the Bentley Bentayga should be de rigueur on the shooting circuit
William Cash says Bentley’s much-anticipated luxury SUV, has a muscular haunch specifically designed to match ’the tailored shoulder contours of…
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Michel Roux on holding on to his three Michelin stars for 30 years
In 1973 the most powerful restaurant critic of the day, one Egon Ronay, made a trip to Bray. There, in…
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How (not) to create a delicious masterpiece with chocolate paint
If Leonardo da Vinci’s paint had tasted nearly as good as Janice Wong’s, we would have been deprived of his…
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Restaurant Review: Portland, Great Portland Street
Although the invitation was from Michael Stobbs, my preferred London wine merchant at Latimer Vintners, and supported by the promise…
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With requiems for the rich, the wealthy want to go out on a high note
Classical music used to have an intimate relationship with wealth: patrons would commission symphonies, operas and every sort of occasional…
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We meet the man reluctantly hosting presidents and prime ministers at this year’s G7 summit
It’s 7am on a winter morning, and I am on the roof. Billows of steam rise from the swimming pool…
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Teresa Levonian Cole meets Dietmar M’ller-Elmau of Schloss Elmau, the incredible mountain resort that has hosted everyone from Wagner to…
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Champagne carriages on sale at Bonhams will pop your cork
‘Carriages at midnight’ the typical wedding invite reads and if you’re not too worried about outshining the bride and groom,…
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In London’s diamond district, a new generation takes the helm
Author: by Spear’s Editorial Diamond geezers and wheeler dealers walk among Hassidic traders and Asian merchants in London’s historic diamond…
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Hatton Garden is rich with history – but its future shines as bright as its young apprentices, says Zak Smith…
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Chai Wu review: Harrods’ latest oriental food offering
Last time I dined in Harrods I got stuck in a back stairwell. This time I got locked in the…
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Review: Rubens and his Legacy, Van Dyck to Cézanne
Legacy is too often a dictator. The RA’s latest exhibition, ‘Rubens and His Legacy: Van Dyck to Cezanne’, is thankfully…
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