Neil D.A. Stewart

Review: Bird of Smithfield, London

Review: Bird of Smithfield, London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word, a-well-a, bird, bird, b-bird's the word" Or is it? Neil Stewart isn't so sure

Review: Brompton Asian Brasserie by Novikov, London

Review: Brompton Asian Brasserie by Novikov, London

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Arkady Novikov's new restaurant in Knightsbridge is a more casual relation to his Mayfair mothership, serving sushi, dim sum and some not quite Asian burgers, chips and Veuve Clicquot. "It's a West London thing"

Review: <em>Asunder</em> by Chloe Aridjis

Review: Asunder by Chloe Aridjis

by Neil D.A. Stewart

The characters in Chloe Aridjis's second novel Asunder may be stuck – but Neil Stewart finds their story strangely moving

The Phantom and The French

The Phantom and The French

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Simon Rogan's new restaurant in Manchester is where Mr Rolls first met Mr Royce

Review: <em>First Novel</em> by Nicholas Royle

Review: First Novel by Nicholas Royle

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Neil Stewart finds Nicholas Royle's First Novel funny and skewering, and recognises himself in the lead character's obsessive arrangement of books on a shelf by spine colour and design

Review: <em>On Writing</em> by A.L. Kennedy

Review: On Writing by A.L. Kennedy

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"She has a terrific answer to the vapid rhetoric of 'In a time where money is short, do you think that money should be spent on a baby’s incubator, or on supporting poetry?'"

Where are the missing* <em>Doctor Who</em> episodes?

Where are the missing* Doctor Who episodes?

by Neil D.A. Stewart

50 years on: the global hunt for the missing Doctor Who episodes

Review: <em>The Big Music</em> by Kirsty Gunn

Review: The Big Music by Kirsty Gunn

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"A text that wants to be a piece of music is on a hiding to nothing." Neil Stewart finds much to infuriate and annoy in Kirsty Gunn's new book

Review: Le Pré Catelan, Rio de Janeiro

Review: Le Pré Catelan, Rio de Janeiro

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Often weird, sometimes wild - this is one of the most innovative culinary experiences you can have in South America. It's just a shame about the room

Review: De Kas, Amsterdam

Review: De Kas, Amsterdam

by Neil D.A. Stewart

This Piet Boon-designed greenhouse to table restaurant has colour coordinated diners and no menu