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Brunch at The Botanist

26.08.08
New Chelsea restaurant, The Botanist, sits sedately in a prime position on Sloane Square and offers all-day eating, first-rate staff and a relaxed atmosphere... more

Experimental revival of Dido and Aeneas

25.06.08
A simpler concert performance of Dido and Aeneas would have done just as well, and made greater sense of Purcell's sublime music.... more

Chelsea sprouts The Botanist

11.06.08
The Botanist isn't so much a brasserie as a chic, rolling restaurant — a culmination of owners Tom and Ed Martin's gastropub empire.... more

Recipe for confusion at The Botanist

04.06.08
The staff at The Botanist seemed so chronically distracted they didn't bother listening to Sebastian Shakespeare at all.... more

Como Lario is the perfect post-flower show venue

27.05.08
Como Lario makes the perfect post-Chelsea flower-show venue and just like a border of sweet peas, it is a place worth staking out.... more

Flowers to tickle your taste buds

14.05.08
London's restaurants have taken a leaf — or should we say a petal — out of the Royal Horticultural Society's book.... more

There’s other fish to fry

16.04.08
With its self-conscious, not-quite-kitsch-enough decor and underwhelming food, Tom’s Place is a bit cod, says Marina O' Loughlin.... more

Home cooking with a twist

03.03.08
Although it sounds like the name of someone who should be managing a Premiership side, the food at Manicomio is the best kind of home cooking with a twist.... more

This is no urban legend

27.02.08
A good restaurant should cheer you up, send you out into the night with a warm glow of satisfaction, but Urban Turban failed at both.... more

Fishing for a fashionable new franchise

20.02.08
Tom's Place is a posh chippie in Chelsea where chef Tom Aikens is attempting to transform our national dish.... more

Worth a look

06.11.07
Although it sports a Belgravia post code, The Duke of Wellington is a lot more down to earth than its location suggests.... more

Who wants to be a WAG?

17.08.07
Football has returned but come Saturday night, which bars should you head to if you want to see more of your favourite players?... more

Tale of a troubled adolescent

19.07.07
A neurotic New York teenager already in therapy decides to advertise her virginity for sale on eBay in Buy It Now... more

Bland Vivezza proves eminently forgettable

13.06.07
Some restaurants continue to do business year on year without so much as registering a blip on any kind of buzz radar, Vivezza is one such establishment... more

I didn't make a penny from my Hollywood blockbuster

11.06.07
After mutiny and malaria on the set of The Last King of Scotland, producer and former heroin addict Lisa Bryer reveals how she struggled through illness to make the film she believed in.... more

Where to eat salad

29.05.07
Charles Campion gives us the lowdown on the top restaurants around London for a spot of healthy eating.... more

Anglo-Bollywood romance fails to fire

24.05.07
Interminable and faintly disgusting Anglo-Bollywood romance with Amitabh Bachchan as the fiery, 64-year-old chef of a Chelsea restaurant.... more

How to survive the Chelsea Flower Show

16.05.07
Going to Chelsea for the first time? You will need to be prepared for one of the most punishing events of the season - but, if planned right, also one of the most rewarding.... more

£1,900 mark-up on Cup Final tickets

02.05.07
Tickets for the first FA Cup Final at the new Wembley are being offered at vast mark-ups. Top ticket prices have already been forced up to £2,000.... more

Fly to America to save on dinner with Gordon

27.04.07
It can be cheaper to fly to New York to eat at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant than to go to his place in London.... more

A gastropub with real pedigree

11.04.07
The Brown Dog in Barnes is no mutt. From the same kennel as the critically acclaimed Pig's Ear in Chelsea, this is a gastropub with pedigree, says Andy Lynes.... more

Two more Michelin stars for Gordon's empire

24.01.07
Gordon Ramsay has strengthened his grip on the London restaurant scene after two more Michelin stars were added to his empire.... more

Beef is back and grazing is in

12.12.06
An eco-friendly steak and a game of 10-pin bowling before pudding could be the future of eating out in London as Square Meal magazine predicts trends for the coming year.... more

Footballers' favourite café set to close

27.11.06
A restaurant frequented by Chelsea footballers and Formula One drivers could be shut down.... more

The coolest places to hangout in 2007

08.11.06
The coolest places in London to be seen at next year include the latest restaurant from the duo behind The Ivy and a new night spot by New York's "queen of clubs". ... more

New-fangledness for the Chelsea brigade

01.11.06
Marina O'Loughlin had always wanted to visit Dans in Chelsea. Now it's too late to find out what attracted its loyal bunch of matrons-who-lunch, because it has been taken over by the Carpaccio team.... more

Where to eat in Chelsea

31.10.06
Charles Campion heads to SW1 to try out an extraordinary Hunanese tasting menu, a classic Italian and a good-looking gastropub that will keep the Chelsea set happy.... more

Temple to gastronomy

28.09.06
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Harden's top ten chefs

29.08.06
Morgan Meunier has been named as one of the top three chefs in London by the prestigious Harden's restaurant guide.... more

Kids? The more the merrier

14.08.06
Superchef Tom Aikens is just the latest restaurateur to think that eating out with the family should be a pleasure, not a penance. Charles Campion reveals the restaurants that are welcoming children.... more

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