The Weekly Grill: Federico Casali talks dogs and the worst thing he’s ever put in his mouth June 18, 2019 Who are you? I’m a 33-year-old easy-going Italian, born with a passion for food and cooking. I could never imagine being anything other than a chef. My style of cooking is fairly experimental but I still make sure that tradition and culture are respected through my dishes. I like to bring back forgotten ingredients and [...]
Our pick of the new homes going on sale in London this weekend June 13, 2019 250 City Road, EC1V From £985,000Berkeley Homes is launching a collection of 670 sqft one-bedroom apartments at its huge 250 City Road development this weekend. The 48 new homes can be configured based on the buyer’s preference, and are located throughout the new 36-storey Valencia Tower, where residents will benefit from a rooftop yoga terrace [...]
E3 2019: The biggest games, trailers and announcements June 12, 2019 Watch Dogs Legion British politics has now well and truly seeped into the cultural groundwater. According to the game’s French publisher Ubisoft, the latest entry in the Watch Dogs series is set in a dystopian vision of “post-Brexit” London. The Grand Theft Auto-alike allows you to freely drive and roam around a near-future version of [...]
Films out this week: Dancer, Catfight, and I.T. reviewed March 10, 2017 Our reviews of the films out this week: Dancer (12A) Dir. Steven Cantor ★★☆☆☆ By Melissa York Does being talented and doing the thing you love make you happy? Well, it didn’t cheer Sergei Polunin up. The former prodigy and youngest ever principal dancer at the Royal Ballet hit the headlines when he huffed out of [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, here are the best eggs benedict in London February 14, 2017 1. The Wolseley 160 Piccadilly, St James’s, W1J 9EB The Wolseley isn’t just somewhere to eat breakfast – it’s an institution, somewhere to see and be seen, especially if you work in the media or arts. As you’d expect from such a revered establishment, it also serves an excellent line in eggs benedict. If you [...]
The 18 fitness apps that will get you in shape for 2017 January 3, 2017 Long hours? Always travelling? We’ve picked the best apps for busy people so you can get fit anywhere and anytime Yoga Pocket Yoga £2.29, pocketyoga.com Let a soothing cartoon lady guide you through 27 sessions of varying difficulty. Pipe your own music through the app and log the calories you’ve burnt. Fitstar Yoga Free, fitstar.com/yoga Expert [...]
German Gymnasium restaurant review: This menu has the best sausage in town December 1, 2015 1 Kings Blvd, N1C 4BU, germangymnasium.com FOOD ★★★★★ | VALUE ★★★☆☆ | ATMOSPHERE ★★★★☆ Cost for two with booze: £120 The name German Gymnasium evokes images of preening, glistening men flexing their biceps; of grunts of exertion and the repetitive fwap of fists against leather; of the distant scent of Lynx. Restaurant giant D&D’s new venture is so-called [...]
The only way to shoot big game, with wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein September 21, 2015 One June morning I found myself in the back of a mud-splattered four-by-four, the savannah sun beating down upon my head, a torrent of profanities drumming my ears, and a full-grown cheetah eyeing me down the barrel of my Canon lens. As she prowled the long oat grass I struggled to keep her in focus. [...]
Lobos has bite but good tapas doesn’t come cheap September 15, 2015 14 Borough High Street, SE1 9QG 020 7407 5361 FOOD ★★★★☆ VALUE ★★☆☆☆ ATMOSPHERE ★★★☆☆ Cost for two with wine: £120 Somewhere under London Bridge station, tucked beneath the tracks, is a winding tunnel of a tapas bar. It is the kind of space that further down the line in Bermondsey or Peckham would be full of [...]
Cruising through the Moroccan Atlas Mountains in a 4×4 September 11, 2015 The ancient Greeks believed that Atlas was the primordial Titan who held up the sky. The mountain range that takes his name separates the Sahara desert from the Atlantic Ocean; Marrakesh, the cultural and spiritual capital of Morocco, rests in its shadow. This would be my base before I set off in a 4×4 to [...]
