What Alice Waters means to me, by Sally Clarke
A sunny evening in Berkeley, California, in 1979. Along one of the leafy avenues of this prosperous and quiet neighbourhood…
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Sweet wines are the perfect winter warmer
There is nothing better at this time of year, as we speed yet again towards Christmas, than a fine dessert…
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Book review: Zeppelin Nights by Jerry White
London’s Blitz in the Second World War being so much part of common consciousness, one doesn’t often pause to think…
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Book review: War and Gold by Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng, the Tory MP for Spelthorne, is the son of Ghanaian immigrants and was educated at Eton as a…
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Style watch: Rare Audrey Hepburn images to go on display
Audrey Hepburn photographed in Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955 © Norman Parkinson Ltd In a little-known period of her early…
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Why are recreations of European towns popping up all over Asia?
The time is approaching 4pm and I am running late for afternoon tea. The cottage pie I ate earlier was…
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Britain wears a textile heart of class on its sleeve
There was a time when it seemed that Britain as a manufacturing country was dead. Received opinion was that we’d…
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Harley-Davidson blessed by two Popes goes to auction
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and presented to Pope Francis in a spectacular blessing ceremony will…
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Review: John Smart – A Genius Magnified, Philip Mould & Company
Emma Rutherford cradles an 18th century beauty in her hands: ‘She’s the most expensive in the exhibition, she’s around £55,000,’…
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The erotic and the gastronomic meet at the South Place Hotel
You know you’re staying somewhere different when you slide open a drawer above the backlit mini-bar in your hotel room…
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Hyperconnectivity gives Alessandro Tomé hypertension
We are plugged in 24/7, says our Discriminator columnist, but is constant connection ruining our human connections? Plus, the consistent…
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Nothing says Christmas like a Harrods hamper
Christmas means different things to different people. To some it means family arguments, others mainly think about overindulging and gifts,…
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Recipe: Truffled egg en croque
All this week I have been craving two things: croque monsieur and truffled egg toast (I walked past Spuntino on…
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Belsazar’s German vermouths set our mouths tingling
Vermouth reminds me of a coral reef: it has the capacity to delight and intrigue but it generally remains unseen…
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The Dorchester puts the grrrr back into its Grill
There is nothing like a drab hotel restaurant. It can be a most depressing sight. And smell. That tired, humid,…
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Finally coming into their own as more than the weedy side of a martini, vermouths can be subtle and varied,…
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The true artistry of Twin-Tower wire-walker Philippe Petit
It was some years after his wire-walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that I first interviewed…
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Alexander Hoare on a life spent at sea
One of my earliest memories is of fear — upon being bundled into the forepeak of a tossing boat. I…
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Kenya’s Mahali Mazuri is the perfect spot for a weekend break
What makes the perfect long weekend? For me, it’s simple travel to a sunny destination that is as different as…
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John Arlidge says why stick with continental capitals for a three-day holiday when Africa has such enticing options What makes…
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