Films | December 10, 2013

Review: Nebraska

Alexander Payne’s last three films – About Schmidt, Sideways and Descendants – have been bitte (...Read More)

Films | December 10, 2013

Review: Gravity

Just when you think you’ve got Gravity pegged – is it a disaster movie? A psycho-drama? – (...Read More)

Food | December 10, 2013

Review: The Sign of the Don

If you were taking a partner out for an important occasion – an anniversary, maybe, or the death o (...Read More)

Food | November 6, 2013

Review: Trader Vic’s

OK, let’s get this out of the way: Trader Vic’s is awful. Terrible food served in a rudderless, (...Read More)

Food | October 16, 2013

Review: Urban Meadow

This is one of those columns that restaurant critics write after they’ve been on holiday, where th (...Read More)

Films | October 16, 2013

Review: Emperor

Emperor is a film with grand ambitions, an earnest heart and a slightly wobbly backbone. It centres (...Read More)

Films | October 16, 2013

Review: Filth

Adaptations of Irvine Welsh novels, like Irvine Welsh novels, have gone downhill since Trainspotting (...Read More)

Food | October 2, 2013

Review: Berners Tavern

Berners Tavern sounds like a nice little place, doesn’t it? Like a Somerset country inn that’s b (...Read More)