Evening Standard readers have the chance to enjoy a unique culinary tour of leading London restaurants for a bargain price this weekend, and also help those less fortunate than themselves... more
The third - and biggest - London Restaurant Festival has kicked off, with 805 restaurants, from local pubs and curry houses to Gordon Ramsay dining rooms, offering special Festival menus for £10 to £30 to diners across the capital... more
Victoria Stewart takes a a gastronomic gallop around some of London's best bars and restaurants to mark the start of the London Restaurant Festival... more
Chef Richard Corrigan kicked off this year's London Restaurant Festival by serving jelly of lobster, Granny Smith parfait and grouse pie to 10 guests in a pod of the London Eye... more
Some uplifting news ahead of next week's Epsom Derby meeting. The late Sir Clement Freud, father of PR man Matthew and part of the Freud media clan, is to be remembered with a race ... more
In an attempt to refresh the BP Portrait Award, the National Portrait Gallery has relaxed its rules – with no discernible improvement in quality for its efforts.... more
Evening Standard art critic Brian Sewell has questioned the point of the National Portrait Gallery. Here its director Sandy Nairne fights back.... more
A Rothko bought in 1960 for £4,000 has just sold for £36.4 million. So can you truffle out the artists worth buying now? Simon Davis introduces this year's young talent from the colleges.... more
From smart rooftop restaurants and pretty park cafès to pub gardens and riverside spots, our leading food writers select their choice of the places to eat and drink alfresco.... more
Starters in Sketch and Scott's, then The Greenhouse for mains and Locanda Locatelli for pudding - it's a one-off chance for 10 lucky readers to eat at London's finest.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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