London food

London food

Rocco Mastrangelo Jr. is the co-owner of Cafe Diplomatico, which has been a Little Italy staple since 1968 and was founded by his father Rocco Mastrangelo Sr. Mastrangelo said his father also used to own the Royal back when it was called the Pylon and focused on Italian cinema. "He actually owned seven Italian cinemas in the city of Toronto between the late 1960's and the mid 1980's, and the Royal was one of his cinemas," he said.

On a Wednesday night just three weeks after it opened, we snuck into Auguste at 6pm and the place was entirely mobbed. It was as if the old Papi crowd had simply carried on making pilgrimage here, like worker ants not quite realising that their queen's chamber had moved. That night, the arrosticini came in three varie

At the entrance, a shelf displays ceramics made by local craftspeople, each piece accompanied by an introduction to the creative who made it. It feels more like a crafts exhibition than a hotel front entrance-and that's precisely the point.

The newly appointed head chef at The Sea Rooms at Kelly's Resort in Rosslare believes that in his world, it is the farmers and fishmongers who do all the hard work before he merely presents the produce properly.

Pedn Vounder-roughly translating to 'end of the lane' from Cornish-is a hidden beach located on the rugged Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall near Porthcurno. Famous for its turquoise water, white sand, and dramatic granite cliffs, it's easy to see why it's often compared to the pristine beaches of Indonesia or the Caribbean.

The mystery-comedy features an all-star cast (Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan Cranston) and follows... a flock of sheep who investigate the murder of their shepherd. Set outside the small English village of Denbrook, shepherd George Hardy (Jackson) reads mystery thrillers to his flock every night. But suddenly, fiction becomes reality when the sheep find him dead with blue and green dye on his hands.

I am, I admit, late to the Chubbys party. It's not that I didn't want to visit at any point over the past 12 months, it's just that I could never manage to get a booking at Barry and Jen Stephens' Clontarf hotspot.

Public institutions, from hospitals to museums, are the most international communities, both in the workforce and in those who visit. It's something that became obvious to us when we were cooking our globally inspired meals for frontline workers at Kings College Hospital, London, during the pandemic.

The shutdown will affect both London Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations from Sunday 26th July to Sunday 16th August 2026, along with some additional weekend closures either side of the main works. During the closure, no trains will serve either station while engineers replace almost two kilometres of 36-year-old track, rebuild sections of platform at Charing Cross, upgrade drainage systems and carry out structural repairs to both the Waterloo East pedestrian bridge and the Hungerford railway bridge over the Thames.

110 Queen's Walk was London's City Hall until 2021, but for the last five years it has sat empty, and its famous glass windows have been removed, leaving behind a metal shell.

The brand is taking over vegan tattoo studio Flamin' Eight in Kentish Town for one-day only to create A Delicious Misteak Tattoo Parlour, where you can get a free cowboy-themed flash tattoo and a free plant-based steak sandwich in the same visit.

Magnolia Bakery is popping up at Café Ciel at The OWO. Found in The Grand Courtyard of Raffles London, it's heading here for three weeks to celebrate RHS Chelsea Flower Show. From May 19, an outdoor kiosk will be offering a takeaway menu for the sweet-toothed among us. The pop-up officially launches on Tuesday May 19 with the kiosk open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-7pm.

For the MV Hondius passengers quarantined at Arrowe Park hospital on the Wirral, it is likely to be a period of some anxiety. But there will be some consolations as they await the all-clear to return to their normal lives, says a veteran of the Covid-19 quarantine at the same site such as jigsaws, gourmet ready-meals, and even a concierge service.

“Any dishes coming out from the [Sadaf] kitchen with rice, there is layer of saffron on the top of it,” said Mahmoud. He explained that before the Middle East war he was buying saffron at about 1,200 per kilo, but now his supplier told him the cost has risen to about 2,000 to 2,100 per kilo. “It's quite a lot,” he said.

About 6.7 million people flew through the airport in April, a 5% drop compared with the same period last year. The fall reflected the impact from the Iran conflict and short-term adjustments to travel plans, the airport said. However, the number of transfer passengers transiting for onward flights rose 10% in April year-on-year, as travellers rerouting to Asia and Oceania switched to the Heathrow instead of using rival hubs in the Gulf such as Dubai and Doha.

A crab stick and taramasalata baguette I was young and carefree, living in Barons Court, west London, in the mid-90s. Chains weren't a thing, and delis all had sandwich fillings laid out in silver dishes of a uniform, surgical shape, inviting adventure. Russian salad and ham? Sure, why not. The price structure was weird: sometimes everything was the same, and other times you'd accidentally hit a premium ingredient and your sandwich would be 3.50. That's how I hit on the crab stick and taramasalata baguette, after a financial catastrophe involving actual crab. Crab sticks taste nothing like crab. They are, in fact, more delicious. So much better. And everything so pink. My life was like a fairytale.

From Sunday, traffic will be able to use Straight Road and Main Road in both directions at Gallows Corner in Havering, Transport for London (TfL) confirmed. The flyover will also reopen for eastbound journeys from the A12 Eastern Avenue to the A127 Southend Arterial Road. The flyover will remain closed westbound, and the southbound A12 will continue as a bus-only route.

We are at a corner table in a breakfast place in Chelsea, Joseph Fiennes opposite me on the banquette with his jack russell, Noa. Dog duty, he says, apologetic. Noa looks at me, brown eyes also apologetic. They've been in Hyde Park, he says, he lost track, didn't have time to take her home. Nature is where he's at his best, where he feels cleansed, connected, observant his sentences are decorative like this. It's when I'm at my happiest, on hours-long, rain-drenched walks. Hot cheeks, freezing hands.

South Western Railway (SWR) has launched a sale on train tickets for travel later this month. In total, 40,000 discounted tickets are available for travel between Saturday 23rd and Sunday 31st May, priced from just £6 each way. The train tickets are being offered in simple fare zones: £6 for short-distance to and from London, £9 for mid-distance to and from London, £12 for long-distance to and from London.

What is known as The Garden at 120 sits atop the Fen Court office building at, drum roll... 120 Fenchurch Street, and is dramatic in both size and the views available. It opened in 2019 and was quite spartan at the time as the plants needed to grow - and they really are doing it now.