London is the ideal playground for women who are solvent and young at heart but old enough to know better. Liz Hoggard opens her little black book for this discerning band of pleasure-seekers... more
As I began to write this column I was all ready to mount the barricades in defence of the Sunday Times, which lost a legal action last week when police demanded that it hand over a sensitive tape recording... more
Leny Suparman wrinkled her nose when asked on Tuesday how her stay at the Savoy was going. The 36-year-old co-founder of the Singaporean Kop Group was in London for the lavish launch of 10 Trinity Square, a 120-bedroom hotel that aims to become the Savoy of the City when it opens in 2014. So it felt like a relevant question.... more
The opportunity to create something special at the beautifully restored St Pancras building has been missed by Marcus Wareing's team at The Gilbert Scott... more
Is there anywhere more glamorous and intimate than a woman's dressing table? No, says Sally Albermarle, who explores the charms of the powder room... more
Lime Wood is a new superhotel in the New Forest with a triumvirate of British talent behind it. Hermione Eyre gets a warm reception from David Collins, Robin Hutson and Alex Aitken... more
The Standard is the first paper to report on a stunning new hotel in the New Forest that's taken five years and £30 million to create. So has it been worth the wait?... more
Gordon Ramsay is facing the heat on both sides of the pond as his Terminal 5 restaurant is dismissed as 'plane awful' and his latest American venture runs badly behind schedule... more
St James's Restaurant may be housed inside Fortnum & Mason's but it left the critic wishing she was downstairs at the infinitely lovelier Fountain.... more
Too few people to deal with can have a depressing effect on both kitchen and front-of-house as Fay Maschler discovered at Oliver Peyton's National Café.... more
Fay Maschler likes the food and wine at Fortnum & Mason's new 1707 bar. But a return to the charming, genteel service of old would be a big improvement.... more
From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more
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
On the night that Toby Young visited Mirabelle, the flagship of Marco's White Star Line group, he discovered that he had the entire restaurant to himself.... more
When Toby Young last visited Cecconi's he had such a miserable experience he swore he'd never return. But new owner Nick Jones has transformed the restaurant.... more
Restaurateur Claudio Pulze has done what he sensibly often does with Via Condotti: bought a fading business, spent a frugal amount on redecoration and opened a moderately-priced restaurant.... more
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