"It felt like driving through a Cézanne painting: all terracotta roofs and patches of violet in the distance"
"Bang opposite Tate Modern, with a twinkly, please-kiss-me-on-the-bridge view of the city, Northbank markets itself as a sort of Cornwall-on-Thames restaurant"
"When I order the lamb, I like to know that his name was Simon and he died on Monday with his friends and family around him, and that his right hind leg tastes fabulous with triple-cooked chips and a glass of St Emilion Grand Cru"
London's grown-up bistro and brasserie scene is fast taking over from the no-reservations small plate palaver, with Green Man & French Horn; Jason Atherton's Little Social; and Robert Reid at Keith McNally's Balthazar all amongst Civilian London's favourite new restaurants. Monisha Rajesh works her way through the menu at Brasserie Chavot
The Hakkasan Group's latest venture specialises in special occasion Cantonese, where the staff wear Tim Soar and the dim sum comes with a paintbrush
"Everybody is dying, by the way. The difference is that I know it, and you don’t"
Reactionary high jinks and high style aboard the Indian Maharaja
"Despite the current debate, I have no objection to children travelling in Club World during the day, and certainly not at weekends. But on my outbound flight I changed my mind"
