Still Cool: Lunch at The Ivy
An iconic dining room, fabulous cocktails, and a welcome reunion with an old favourite: The Ivy’s Cool Britannia launch gave our Deputy Editor Chris Golds plenty to celebrate. There are some restaurants I am always happy to return to, and The Original Ivy on West Street is firmly among them. However many times I visit, […]
Natty Can Cook, or can he?
The chef behind it all, Nathaniel Mortley, is certainly riding high. It’s fair to say that Caribbean food is having a moment in 2026 and Natty’s kitchen is leading the pack. His Herne Hill restaurant is full every night. Diners are undoubtedly attracted by the promise of modern Caribbean food. Starters like Salt Fish Spring […]
The Last Ship – The Musical by Sting
Review of the The Last Ship – The Musical by Sting at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane At 74, Sting seems as much in demand as ever. Known globally, of course, primarily as a musician not least for those defining years fronting The Police, he releases albums as a solo artist and tours the world giving concerts alongside parallel lives as an actor and humanitarian activist. In […]
Ötztaler Stube: The Tyrolean Cherry on Top of Das Central
Editor in Chief Emmie Blower visits Ötztaler Stube, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Sölden, and discovers an extraordinary dining experience where Tyrolean storytelling, innovative cuisine and warm, playful service come together inside Das Central. There are tasting menus that impress you technically, and then there are those that draw you completely into their world. Ötztaler Stube […]
Mere Mortals
A review of Mere Mortals by the San Francisco Ballet at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London The return of San Francisco Ballet to London after a seven-year hiatus was richly anticipated especially since it reintroduced Tamara Rojo as the company’s artistic director, following her 10-year tenure in the same role at English National Ballet. Rojo had commissioned […]
Still Life
A review of Still Life at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Anyone of a certain age, or aficionados of vintage movies, will know of Brief Encounter, the 1945 film directed by David Lean and written by Noël Coward that was voted the second-best British Film ever in a recent British Film Institute poll (narrowly beaten […]
Everything we know about Universal’s new rollercoaster
If you take the Fast and Furious films and a rollercoaster and smash the together you get something that promises to be a high octane adventure in Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is the huge new rollercoaster coming to Universal Studios Hollywood, and we now know exactly when we’ll be […]