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Dinner with the headhunters

Dinner with the headhunters

by Derek Guthrie

"The waiting staff are all tattooed and descended from tribespeople – headhunters all – but they’re more interested in checking out Facebook likes on their iPhones than sharpening those glinting mandaus"
Review: Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

Review: Gramercy Park Hotel, New York

by Derek Guthrie

"What are we buying – fame? Art? Junk? I looked up. On the walls in front of me hung eight Warhols"
A North Korean in the French House

A North Korean in the French House

by Derek Guthrie

So, where would you take the government representative for tourism for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea? Derek Guthrie chose a couple of his favourite Soho haunts
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class | Still the business?

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class | Still the business?

by Derek Guthrie

Ten years on, with an industry in crisis, is Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class Suite still the business?
Review: Hôtel Le Bristol, Paris

Review: Hôtel Le Bristol, Paris

by Derek Guthrie

Home to paparazzi-stalked footballers and their wives and one of the most divine dishes in French haute cuisine: Poularde de Bresse, €260 (serves two)
Balthazar, London: the difference between could and should

Balthazar, London: the difference between could and should

by Derek Guthrie

It's been the talk of the London restaurant scene for so long that it seems somewhat peculiar that it's now a real, functioning dining room. But, really, was any of this a good idea to to begin with?
Review: Smyth TriBeCa, New York

Review: Smyth TriBeCa, New York

by Derek Guthrie

"Pedro was one of those New Yoikers who instantly engaged customers in debate about the Yankees or yellow cab drivers with passion, a loud bar conversation just momentarily interrupted"