Sports hospitality giant chaired by England cricket chief launches £350m plan March 26, 2026 Sports hospitality giant Levy has launched a new umbrella brand for its portfolio of businesses, Lyvera, as part of ambitious plans to double turnover to £350m by 2028. Lyvera will incorporate Keith Prowse, Gullivers Sports Travel, The Experience Golf, Lime Venue Portfolio, Events International, the Venues Collection and recent acquisition the iLuka Collective. Levy, which [...]
Here’s the most beautiful Wetherspoons pub in London March 25, 2026 SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT WETHERSPOONS…I tend to find putting my morals in the cupboard for the sake of a trip there works out fairly well. Sure, founder Tim Martin’s political views may have cleared liberals out of his pubs quicker than Theresa May’s moves emptied the dancefloor, but it would take a hell of [...]
The new Simpson’s in the Strand is a classic for a new generation March 25, 2026 The culinary calendar is hotting up and the Square Mile and its surrounds are right amongst it. This week I turn to two restaurants in the City of London and the hotly-anticipated ‘new opening’ on the Strand, Simpson’s by Jeremy King. Kolamba East I first discovered Kolamba during the pandemic. One of the few successful [...]
The inside story of the controversial Southbank skate park March 25, 2026 Beginning with the construction of the Royal Festival Hall in 1951, the Southbank Centre in its current form was completed in 1968. When the Queen Elizabeth Hall was added in 1967, the space (or undercroft) beneath the venue’s walkway was designed as somewhere for visitors to sit and take in the view across the Thames. [...]
Two amazing London pubs have just reopened – but which to visit? March 25, 2026 Much of my early twenties was spent among the braying ponytails and pink pashminas of Parsons Green. The two mainstays for our diet of G&Ts and crisps were The White Horse (known to us as “the Sloaney Pony”) and Aragon House (otherwise called “Arrogant House”). Now these two London pubs, monoliths of Sloane Ranger culture, [...]
A hundred not out… yet: Why Veeraswamy is in trouble March 25, 2026 Veeraswamy, the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant on Regent Street, celebrated its centenary on 18 March. But it has found itself in the headlines for other reasons recently: glowingly reviewed by City AM’s own Adam Bloodworth two years ago, it is now in dispute with its landlord, the Crown Estate. Campaigners have even called for the King [...]
Hands off our spuds: How Americans ‘discovered’ jacket potatoes March 24, 2026 The New York Times has found about the jacket potato, a British staple the world isn’t ready for, says Steve Dinneen Sometimes in this tightly interconnected world of ours, it takes a New York Times headline to remind us that stark cultural differences still exist. “The British Have Finally Learned to Love Peanut Butter”, the [...]
This must-book Kenya safari goes way beyond The Big Five March 24, 2026 “Back in the 1990s when I was growing up here, it was bandit country. Poaching was rife, weapons were everywhere, and nobody was getting along,” Jeremy told me, staring into the glow of the post-safari campfire. It is hard to imagine now. Jeremy Bastard, fourth-generation Kenyan and CEO of The Sarara Foundation, does not look [...]
The country hotel 45 minutes from London that’s perfect for spring March 23, 2026 THE STAY Fancy an Easter getaway without straying too far from home? Coworth Park delivers all the pleasures of a rural escape just outside London, minus passport control and Cotswolds congestion. Set across 240 acres of Berkshire parkland near Ascot, its history runs deep: the land was granted in 1066, with the mansion built in [...]
Genesis Electrified G80 review: Best experienced from the back seat March 23, 2026 For the uninitiated, Genesis is Hyundai’s luxury brand, similar in ethos to how Toyota created Lexus. First launched in 2015, Genesis has found considerable success in its native South Korea, along with the United States and Canada. As anyone who has witnessed the meteoric rise of Hyundai and its sister brand Kia will know, this [...]