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Ekstedt at the Yard, London SW1: ‘A bit like eating an actual plate of bonfire’ – restaurant review
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I live in fear of an invite “to see the kitchen”. It happens often when I’m reviewing, and the honest answer is, “No, geen, I do not want to meet a chef with a rictus grin and a cleaver, and whose last restaurant I help...
Haugen, London E20: ‘A whole lot of yodelling and melted gruyere’ – restaurant review
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It is impossible to miss Haugen, a multi-floored, pagoda-shaped, alpine-themed fondue restaurant that’s appeared in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Oos -Londen. As erections go, it is remarkable. Look out for the mu...
Bibi, Londen W1: ‘Genius and subversive’ – restaurant review
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Bibi is a new high-end opening in the capital, of which there is currently no shortage. “High-end” is a coy way that hospitality people communicate the notion of imported chandeliers, four-ply loo roll, complex cockta...
The Compasses Inn, Crundale, Kent: ‘Wherever they go, I will follow’ – restaurant review
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My bid to wax lyrical about The Compasses Inn in Crundale, Kent, comes with unfortunate timing. I’ve wanted to shout about this award-winning gastropub ever since I stopped by a month or so ago, curious as to why food...
Marugame Udon, London E1: ‘It’s is bit Wagamama meets Ikea cafe’ – restaurant review
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A decent lunch for less than a fiver, as offered at global mega-chain Marugame Udon, is not something that often crosses my radar. In Londen, especially, there has been a recent post-lockdown glut of new openings with...
UK and EU extend post-Brexit grace period over Northern Ireland protocol
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Plans for post-Brexit checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland have been suspended indefinitely by the UK after negotiations with the EU reached a stalemate. Grace periods designed to ease the transition into ne...
Pick Up Pinxtos, Folkestone, Kent: ‘We were spared the life story of the Galician cow’ – restaurant review
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The British seaside is presently heavily oversubscribed and it may well be more jocund simply to stay on your sofa looking at scenes on Google Images of Broadstairs, Margate or Hastings than to brave the actual throng...
Kysty, Ambleside, Cumbria: ‘A classy jewel’ – restaurant review
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Kysty is a restaurant in Ambleside, where the entire country and their dogs seem to be holidaying right now. This is reasonable: during an enthusiastically invasive PCR test in the back room of a Madeiran chemist earl...
Grace Slick and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane: how we made White Rabbit
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All fairytales that are read to little girls feature a Prince Charming who comes and saves them. But Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland did not. Alice was on her own, and she was in a very strange place, but she kept on...
Grace and Dodd inspire St Helens to emphatic derby win over Wigan
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St Helens took another decisive step towards a top-two finish before the Super League play-offs, as the reigning champions underlined the gulf in class between themselves and Wigan Warriors in a hostile, ill-tempered ...
Royale, Londen E3: 'Soms, Ek moet erken dat die Franse dit net beter doen ' - restaurantresensie
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Vir Royale in Bow Wharf, Ek het 'n reël oortree: Ek het ons op 'n Sondag uit die huis laat gaan om te gaan eet. My gunsteling dae om in restaurante te eet, is Woensdae en Donderdae, wat nader aan Maandae is, wanneer personeel sal duur ...
Haiti braces for storm Grace as PM warns earthquake death toll could rise
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Medical teams and aid workers were racing to save lives and provide food and shelter on Monday as Haiti’s prime minister warned the official death toll from Saturday’s earthquake could rise further and a tropical depr...
Amazing Grace: artist’s tribute casts new light on Victorian rescue heroine
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A ferocious gale blew across the north-east coast of Britain on the night that made Grace Darling a star of popular history. She was to become a beacon of bravery for the Victorians when she set out in a small rowing ...
The Loch & The Tyne, Old Windsor, Berkshire: ‘Odd, but unforgettable’ – restaurant review
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One of the hard-and-fast rules about dining out, alongside never trying to eat the hot towel or order the wine called “Corkage” because it seems the most reasonably priced, is never to get the chef talking about susta...
Cuomo resigns: how governor went from Covid hero to furious fall from grace
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Chris Cuomo, a prime time host on CNN, had a question for his brother: “With all of this adulation that you’re getting for doing your job, are you thinking about running for president?” Andrew Cuomo, the governor of N...
Cuomo: how governor went from Covid hero to furious fall from grace
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Chris Cuomo, a prime time host on CNN, had a question for his brother: “With all of this adulation that you’re getting for doing your job, are you thinking about running for president?” Andrew Cuomo, the governor of N...