Neil D.A. Stewart

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

Review: Cutler & Co., Melbourne

Review: Cutler & Co., Melbourne

by Neil D.A. Stewart

Filament bulbs? Check. Raw industrial surfaces? Check. The best weekend brunch in Melbourne? Very possibly…

Review: The Bentley Mulsanne

Review: The Bentley Mulsanne

by Neil D.A. Stewart

We test drive the Bentley Mulsanne to NORD Architecture's Shingle House in Dungeness

Review: <em>Artful</em> by Ali Smith

Review: Artful by Ali Smith

by Neil D.A. Stewart

A masterpiece in four movements - Ali Smith's new book is a profound meditation on love, loss and art. But is it fiction or non-fiction?

Review: De Librije, Zwolle

Review: De Librije, Zwolle

by Neil D.A. Stewart

The "33rd best restaurant in the world" is surreal, peculiar and quite amazing

Review: <em>The Yellow Birds</em> by Kevin Powers

Review: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Power comes from the rapid intercutting between the Blue Ridge setting, all creeks, trees, boulders and birches, and the arid, blasted urban ruinscape of occupied Iraq"

Review: Le Jules Verne, Paris

Review: Le Jules Verne, Paris

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"120 years on, Edmond de Goncourt's appraisal of the restaurant stands true: this may be the most exciting venue on planet Earth in which to have your dinner"

City of books

City of books

by Neil D.A. Stewart

There is a corner of the American North West that is nirvana for bibliophiles – Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, the biggest independent new and used bookshop in the world