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Olympic hope for an old Eastender’s restaurant

10.09.09
The Games forced fish smoker H Forman to move, but you can now eat its produce at the new premises... more

A tale of two Cities

10.05.09
You don't need to visit Prague or Vienna to see some of Europe's finest art: the Franco-German border has its own less heralded treasures, says Brian Sewell... more

Le Pont de la Tour is a treat by the Thames

31.12.08
Le Pont de la Tour has spectacular views of Tower Bridge - and if you eat in the brasserie the excellent food is good value too.... more

Any peasant cook could best this fine restaurant

10.10.08
Looking onto Wandsworth Common lies what I am told is the best restaurant in south-west London. This, in capital letters and perhaps in Latin, should be cut in stone over its door, for it is held in awe not only by restaurant critics but by those who pompose (a new word for the lexicographer) on the even weightier matters of education, architecture, albino felines and Ferdinand Porsche's early motor cars. As it is inconceivable that in the far reaches of Foots Cray there can be a restaurant quite as exquisite, it should perhaps claim to be the best in south London as a whole.... more

Best French Food in London

08.10.08
It could be time to forget about the weekend away in Paris and try some of the best French restaurants in our own capital.... more

Winning service at Min Jiang

24.09.08
Min Jiang is perhaps the perfect treat to charm a slightly deaf maiden aunt on whose wealth a canny nephew has his eye, says Brian Sewell.... more

Love for sale in Gigi

15.08.08
We've moved beyond the stylised glamour of the famous MGM movie to something more interesting by the end of Gigi in the Open Air Theatre.... 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

Wenger is setting the tone for Arsenal's distasteful petulance

18.02.08
One of the immutable laws of football states that any team will assume the character of a long-established manager.... more

Duke of Wellington is W1's best secret

28.11.07
In some ways, The Duke of Wellington is like a dreamy French bistro and is remarkably good for the modest prices.... more

Where to eat Grouse

16.08.07
Charles Campion offers up three of the best places in London to eat grouse.... more

Explosive tribute to heroes France forgot

29.03.07
Terrific performances and dangerously real battle scenes in Days of Glory reveal the vital role of North African soldiers in the Second World War.... more

A tale of two sittings

01.11.06
Fay Maschler dined twice at the newly opened Chelsea Brasserie and sadly her second visit left a bit of a bad taste in her mouth.... more

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