Dry January: 12 reasons to be cheerful when you’re off the sauce January 9, 2024 Dry January is upon us and across the country millions are taking part in the annual abstinence from alcohol – here's how to have fun anyway
Tarantulas, temples and tall tales: Vietnam to Cambodia on the Mekong river is a soul-stirring delight September 23, 2024 Alexandra Pereira enjoyed profound human connections along the Mekong river On the first night of my journey along the mammoth Mekong ‘mother- water’ River, I watch on aghast as my companion crunches down on a large tarantula. He washes it down with a negroni, a sundowner like no other, and barely makes a sound or [...]
Greggs opens 49 new shops after sales of chicken goujons soar May 16, 2022 Sausage roll seller Greggs has seen shares dip after admitting city sales still lag behind the rest of its sites. Although the bakery chain said it had had a “good” start to 2022 on Monday, shares were down some 2.8 per cent in the afternoon. The firm has been reshaping its portfolio of stores to [...]
Year of the Dragon: Top fine-dining Chinese restaurants in London February 12, 2024 From Peking duck carved tableside to steaming hot pot, these Chinese restaurants are the perfect places to cheer in the year of the dragon
The winners and losers of London’s work-from-home economy: The City, the Wharf and the Burbs September 17, 2023 The pandemic may have ended, but the lasting work-from-home culture has changed how people splash their cash – and invariably it’s on a Thursday now. Empty restaurants, but heaving happy hours in pubs, is the perhaps biggest shift for the hospitality sector as consumers change their habits to meet a new work-life balance. A new [...]
Ollie Phillips: ‘England’s squad is uninspiring but it’s dangerous’ February 4, 2022 Tomorrow’s Calcutta Cup will no doubt be explosive. There’s a real clash of styles in the Six Nations match between Scotland and England in Edinburgh – but that’s just going to make the game even more exciting. I really like the England squad, and bar Elliot Daly at No13 it is a 23 in form, [...]
Tom Cruise’s BMW stolen in Birmingham while filming Mission: Impossible in the Midlands August 27, 2021 Tom Cruise’s BMW has been stolen while the Hollywood A-lister was filming in Birmingham. The X7 had been used to ferry around the star, who has been in the city recording scenes for the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible series. The vehicle was taken in Church Street in the city centre from where it [...]
City watchdog slashes fundraising threshold to attract SPACs July 27, 2021 Britain’s City watchdog has slashed the minimum amount a SPAC needs to raise to list on UK markets in half, it announced today. The Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday SPACs – or special purpose acquisition companies – would need to raise £100m from a float, instead of the £200m initially proposed. Read more:UK listings [...]
Barclays rings the c-suite changes after Staley exit November 9, 2021 British bank Barclays is ringing the changes in the c-suite after former chief Jes Staley decided to leave the lender to fight the findings of a probe into his characterisation of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lender has appointed Paul Compton as its new head of investment banking, it announced today, [...]
Chef Ravinder Bhogal interviews composer Nitin Sawhney about the joy of creativity June 4, 2024 Food writer and restaurateur Ravinder Bhogal interviewed her friend Nitin Sawhney, the composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, at her restaurant Jikoni. Here's what happened.