Events

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,…

It is a tremendous iteration of modern drinking and dining, Elephant. But listen, my takeaway above all else is the Grolsch, which is on tap, and which once upon a…

David Ellis tips his Stetson to a good-time bar with an offer of fun that no one need feel self-conscious about

Where else but east London for London’s only free, three-round poetry slam? Bethnal Green’s much-loved Genesis cinema hosts this one on the first Thursday of every month, with a simple…

The festival appears to be modern marketing at its best — a pocket of Soho transformed into a tequila playground. Our recommendation is to visit around 5pm, for a two-hour…