Alternative book covers that you may not have seen
Author: Peter Matthews Some books are instantly recognisable thanks to their iconic covers. But sometimes an alternative version is even…
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Luxury Chocolate Gifts for Valentine’s Day
Whether you are looking for an inimitable gift, or chocolate is simply your raison d’être, a visit to the boutique…
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Christopher’s all American grill lightens up with new raw food bar
Over the past few years we have seen a huge increase in the number of raw dishes on menus here…
ByLuxury Chocolate Gifts for Valentine's Day
Nestled in the heart of Belgravia is one of London’s oldest artisan chocolate shops. A haven for the chocolate lover,…
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Start your day the charitable way with the Great British Brekkie
I only skip breakfast on very rare occasions and generally this is more by accident then design. Next week, though,…
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Christopher's all American grill lightens up with new raw food bar
Recent trends for Peruvian food and more specifically cerviche has pushed raw firmly into the ‘trendy’ box, and classic carpaccios…
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Egypt’s mysterious monastery hides ancient secrets
COPTIC ALLUSIONS ‘I have laid an anathema, by the word of God, on anyone who erases this note or effaces…
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Sarawak’s jungles conceal fabulous creatures and unlikely histories
THE JUNGLE BROOKE In the small village of Sheepstor on Dartmoor at St Leonard’s church, there are three men buried…
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Why Singapore is now the place where the wealthy stay up all night to get lucky
It is 9am on a humid Sunday morning and Michael Ault has just finished work. Cruising through the crosstown traffic,…
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What to expect from a top butler
Author: Peter Matthews If you have ever wanted your own Jeeves, you’re not alone. As period dramas such as Downton…
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Review of Peter Grimes at the ENO
I’m utterly blown away by the ENO’s revival of David Alden’s production of Peter Grimes. Everyone is raving about this…
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Celebrate Chinese New Year with London’s top Chinese restaurants
My father can still remember the first Chinese meal he had; growing up in the Fifties and Sixties in North…
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Duke’s creates model cocktails to celebrate London Fashion Week
Models, apparently, don’t like to eat, but don’t mind drinking. Preferably vodka sans mixer – best for the complexion, don’t…
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Indulge your taste for Camilleri with Bocca di Lupo’s Montalbano literary lunches
Murder mystery meals at my house usually revolve around discovering who roasted a chicken to death (it’s always me). But…
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Celebrate Chinese New Year with London's top Chinese restaurants
Here, in sort-of order of descending classiness, are my favourite Chinese restaurants in London, and since it’s the start of…
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The cocktails have cute names in honour of some of the industry’s leading lights. So there’s the Coco, the Kate,…
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Indulge your taste for Camilleri with Bocca di Lupo's Montalbano literary lunches
You are no doubt familiar with the policeman-cum-gourmet Montalbano, who solves crimes in Sicily in between lavish meals. This makes…
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How to make Mandarin Macarons for Chinese New Year
Author: by Spear’s Editorial London’s Chinese New Year celebrations are the largest outside Asia, and this weekend hundreds of thousands…
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Ben Tish’s rise from Skegness trainee to Salt Group top chef
TISH BOOM Powerful though the attractions of Skegness might be for some, they did not have the force to retain…
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How to tell when wine becomes vintage gold or just plain old
CELLAR DWELLERS How do we know which wines will age, and which will fall into decrepitude? The most basic requirement…
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