The award-winning Lakes Distillery launches its Signature whisky March 27, 2025 Over the past five years, English whisky has emerged as one of the most exciting categories in the drinks business. Whiskies from distilleries across the country have been scooping up awards, with no fewer than five English single malts picking up a Gold Award at this year’s World Whiskies Awards (26th March). The Lakes Distillery [...]
Eating Dave’s Hot Chicken Reaper Tenders: Why do we love spicy food? March 27, 2025 I feel lightheaded, short of breath and the room has started to spin. Intense waves of heat radiate from my mouth throughout my entire body. The pain is searing, like someone is holding an open flame to my tongue. After a couple of bites my throat starts to swell, my lips are raw, my face has [...]
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: London’s best dog-friendly restaurants March 26, 2025 Last week Franco Manca announced that they have become ‘dog friendly’. This a welcome turnaround for the restaurant group that turned away a guide dog from one of their venues in 2018. Fortunately, this shameful incident led to my meeting with Dave Kent, the blind gentleman who required his trusty friend Chad to lead him [...]
Libby’s Naked Wines diary: I visit Oxford’s trendy new rooftop March 26, 2025 This week in Libby’s Naked Wines diary, our wine columnist visits Oxford Simon Drake glides up to me in a jacket that looks and feels like he has skinned the Velveteen Rabbit. Indeed, it is so soft I pause for just longer than is potentially acceptable to stroke his velvety arm – before he gently [...]
Best sports cars to buy in 2025 March 25, 2025 We appear to be falling out of love with sports cars. Registrations are down across Europe, with some models seeing a major slump in sales. Blame the popularity of SUVs or soaring household bills, but it isn’t down to a lack of choice. Indeed, our list of the best sports cars shows a segment in [...]
I went storm chasing in Canada – but this Hawaii-style holiday offered so much more March 25, 2025 The irony is not lost on me that on the day I fly out to Canada’s Vancouver Island to chase some of the world’s gnarliest weather, the UK is being battered by its biggest storm in decades. Flights are being cancelled by the minute – airport boards lighting up red like Eighties arcade machines; travellers [...]
A city break in Zurich: Why the Swiss capital is underrated March 25, 2025 Can you name a Zurich landmark? I didn’t think so. Truth be told, the Swiss capital is not on many of our travel radars, but finding myself in the city for work, I thought I may as well stay for the weekend. With ‘bleisure travel’ having become enough of a thing to earn an ungainly [...]
Glamorous world of the Edwardians to be explored in major exhibition at The King’s Gallery March 24, 2025 | City Talk This spring, a major exhibition at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace will immerse visitors in the glamour and opulence of the Edwardian era. The Edwardians: Age of Elegance will explore the lives and tastes of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen [...]
Adolescence fans are discovering ‘unbearably tense’ Stephen Graham drama Boiling Point March 24, 2025 Adolescence, following one teenage boy’s relationship with women and incel culture, has taken the internet by storm, with millions of people tuning in to watch Stephen Graham’s incredible performance as the dad of a young boy accused of murder. But fans are pointing out that Adolescence isn’t the first time Stephen Graham has worked in [...]
CitizenM breaks every Paris hotel rule – here’s why I love it March 22, 2025 CitizenM Gare de Lyon breaks every Paris hotel rule, but it's one of the most memorable stays in the city, writes Anna Moloney.