...‘I’m just not really inspired by lines and forms and waves like lots of people. Nature does nothing for me; jewellery without stories doesn’t interest me at all,’ says Jessica de Lotz, as we e...
...Before tucking into supper at the Ten Bells recently, we sampled an extraordinarily refreshing Hendrick's and pear cocktail. After quizzing the guys, we managed to extract the recipe from resident Clo...
...Tim Little knows shoes. Leather uppers and rubber soles, blue suede boots and brogues, lasts and laces… As owner and head designer of Grenson, he has mastered modern footwear and then some.
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...Rita's Dining, we do believe, is one of the most heartfelt and very best of London's sudden proliferation of sexed-up fast-food joints. The difference here is that the young co-conspirators (Jackson B...
...Pizza East Portobello mixes voguish industrial fittings – pendant lights, old-school chairs, a metal-topped bar – with the blue and white porcelain and checked napkins of a French country cottage....
... When the owners of the Zetter hotel lassoed ace chef Bruno Loubet in 2010, they were setting the bar high for themselves. Then they joined forces with Tony Conigliaro, the dapper drinks master and fo...
...As if we'd let you leave it until the last minute! Here are Joe Warwick's top five tips for fun, well-fed group dining this Christmas season. Get booking! We also recommend Brunswick House Café in So...
...This season we're seeing an abundance of prints in vivid colours and patterns, from bold geometric graphics to winter florals and rich brocades. It's not the easiest trend to pull off: we’ve showcas...
...‘Timeless, contemporary, warm’ are the three words Bethan Gray suggests when we ask her to describe her design philosophy, and you'd agree with a single glance at one of her tables, chairs or stoo...
...The effect of Russell Sage's design for the new Dishoom overlooking Shoreditch High Street (the entrance is on Boundary Street, fact fans…) is to transport its East London clientele straight to 1970...
...You have to wonder, surveying London's elegant bar scene, how did we manage before classic cocktails came back into fashion? What did we drink at pick-me-up o'clock? How did we channel Roger Sterling ...
...'We want people to be excited about what we do, and to feel as though they are coming into our home,' says self-declared rebel baker David Muniz, who runs Outsider Tart in Chiswick with his partner Da...
...Chatsworth Road Market isn't a newcomer to the East End market scene, rather a plucky revival – at its height during the 1930s, there'd be 200 stalls through the week. We asked Lillie to talk us thr...
...Leafy Little Venice gets even leafier when you take two turns off Warwick Avenue and enter Clifton Nurseries, horticulturists to the quality for well over 100 years. These fragrant few acres are a pla...
...Robin Hancock, co-founder of Wright Brothers, who farm, supply and serve oysters the way they should be farmed, supplied and served, is going to show us how to eat oysters. Well, we know how to eat th...
...Gothic beauty dominated the autumn/winter catwalks, with pale faces and deep berry lips casting a smouldering charm. But if you’re not brave enough to channel full-on Hammer House heroine (or if bei...
...With the nights drawing in, we asked Lee Potter Cavanagh, bar manager across all the Hix restaurants, to make us a drink suitable for Halloween. He went for something more delicious than ghoulish, wit...
...Halloween is upon us and, as ever, it's a craft lover's dream. There are various ways in which you can personalise a pumpkin-carving session to suit your skills and ideas: designing a scary face is on...
...This Halloween, why not offer trick-or-treaters something hotter and stronger than mini Smarties – something you actually fancy a bit of, too? Get Paul A Young's hot chocolate simmering on the stove...
...This season, statement knits were a hit both on and off the catwalk, from chunky, trad-style cable knits to the wittiest of motif-laden sweaters. Savvy girls teamed their knits with classic pencil ski...
