Events

It is an England that probably never existed, but it can still be visited, in a way, at the Leicester Arms. It is impossibly pretty, with its pink umbrellas and…

You probably haven’t heard about the place that’s just opened in the old Pizza East site on the corner of Golborne and Portobello Road. No, not Canteen, on the ground…

The truth is, too, hospitality is by and large a male-dominated industry; perhaps this is why, in part, the sexism was allowed to flourish in the first place. A better…

Some of these rises are perhaps more telling than others. There has been a 3200% upping of searches for truffle salt, for instance, though one wonders how many people were…

It’s International Women’s Day (IWD) on Saturday March 8 and London has a host of talks, shows, workshops and more in celebration. The global initiative marks the social, economic, cultural,…

The mirror margarita, though, that’s much better. It’s a mirror, but it doesn’t reflect. It is to drink. Hacha was on to a winner when it came up with the…

James Chiavarini knows all about fresh starts. He runs Il Portico, a Kensington Italian that’s 58 this year and always busy: generations of monied neighbours treat it as their local,…

It is. We are well aware this is a dish inspired, a romantic nod to what might be called “authentic”, not an attempt to markedly recreate. After all, the mash,…

This West Hampstead local used to mix Korean flavours with European technique (guinea fowl breast in plum wine jus) but is now, happily, much more a straight-down-the-line Korean. There’s tabletop…

As it goes, I can think of some perfect meal deal days for a zero beer. On one of those clean blue summer Tuesdays, when the boss is away and…