The last few days have seen the issue of street violence in London and elsewhere unusually occupying headline space as the realisation appears, at last, to be dawning that the thinning blue line are struggling to maintain control of our streets. This has been clearly illustrated by the tragic events ...
These restaurants suggest Farringdon is the meat-eating capital of London (if not the entire United Kingdom)." By the 1870s, Smithfield Market had become internationally renowned as the premier meat market it remains today. Housed within a vast, cathedral-like structure opposite St Bart’s Hospital, the market’s building was officially opened in ...
Musician turned Butcher, Jonny Farrell is Head Butcher at Jimmy’s Farm in Suffolk, set up by Jimmy Doherty. Hosting over 300 rare breed pigs, a working farm, restaurant, butchery and more – Jimmy’s Farm gives Jonny Farrell the opportunity to work with stunning free-range, rare breed meat that’s expertly prepared ...
Bill Oddie is to deliver 70,000 signatures calling for a Foie Gras free Britain to parliament today. The celebrity joins Chris Packham, Ricky Gervais and Evanna Lynch in calling for an import ban post-Brexit. Animal Equality, the animal protection organisation behind the campaign, has documented the extreme suffering of ducks and ...
Independent pizzeria Zia Lucia has opened a new local restaurant in Brook Green following the launch of their first eatery on Holloway Road in 2016. Founders Claudio Vescovo and Gianluca D’Angelo bring their authentic Italian neighbourhood pizzeria to this leafy part of West London with the same unusual doughs, delectable toppings ...
The morsels are even served on tiny plates with tiny cutlery
The bottomless brunch concept has become so embedded in London culture over the past year that one struggles to remember a time that getting drunk before midday wasn't the norm at the weekend. With Bloody Mary's and Mimosas flowing like water across the capital it is fair to say that ...
Rapini, a cruciferous green vegetable, is particularly associated with Italian cuisine. Available with different names throughout the country, rapini is better known as ‘Cime di Rapa’ in Puglia – literally meaning “turnip tops”. The distinctively bitter leaves are often paired with creamy pasta dishes, as is the case with this ...
The paradisiacal region of Raja Ampat in Indonesia is now only a single stopover away for British travellers thanks to a new flight launched by Garuda Indonesia that will connect onto their London-Jakarta non-stop service twice a week. Indonesia’s national flag carrier, the operator of the only non-stop flight between ...