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The annual Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) celebration marks the date Imperial Japan surrendered to the Allies. On August 15, eighty years ago, the Second World War ended for…

In fact, 11 boroughs saw rises in pub numbers (the aforementioned three plus Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster), while nine saw no change…

Amidst murmurs of cancellation and ticketing issues, the 58th edition of the Notting Hill Carnival is still going ahead and promises to be as emphatically joyful as ever. Europe’s biggest…

Far be it from me to say that Tesco falls decidedly below M&S on the supermarket scale, but come the f*** on. Having seen the viral success of Marks’ strawberry…

Generally speaking, most restaurants that boast astonishing views put less effort into the food. Why bother with impeccable bread, usually the first point of reference when sitting down to dine,…

There is a world without strawberry sandos and Dubai chocolate everything. A world with self-saucing puddings, treacle sponges, and 1980s Black Forest Gateau. Enter Jane’s Patisserie. The baker behind the…

In Spain, where eating dinner at 10pm is common, there’s even a word for the joy of drawn out dining: Hat. Literally translating as “upon the table”, the word describes…

People fly for restaurants, but rarely cross town for a bar. Pubs occupy a middle ground: they are places that reward most at the end of a long walk. Not…

Bread fresh from the oven. Step inside the blue frontage of Kentish Town’s Bread by Bike and that’s the first thing you notice, the smell: rich and warm and comforting.…

The wine needed no help. Réserve de la Terre Rosé (£88, uk.champagne-telmont.com) is not Telmont’s first rosé, but it is its first certified organic one— a wine made without pesticides,…