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A restaurant where you burn the calories while you're eating? No thanks...
Friday 08 March 2013
Instead of fear-mongering with terrifying statistics, or setting up restaurants that promise an evening of calorie free dining, shouldn't we promote the art of moderation?
Food: A cookbook in the worst possible taste
Tuesday 05 March 2013
If the title Men Love Pies, Girls Like Hummus wasn’t enough to put me off picking up a copy of Simon Rimmer’s new cookbook, then the photograph that appears on the front cover of the Sunday Brunch host clad in double denim like some smirking associate of Jeremy Clarkson certainly would.
Review: Langan's Brasserie, Stratton Street, London W1
Saturday 02 March 2013
It's been a long time since there was much of a buzz about Langan's Brasserie. The archetypal trendy London restaurant of the 1970s has rather fallen out of fashion in this century, along with male ponytails and two-bottle lunches. The only person I can think of who still goes regularly is my brother, who once had his tie cut off there by Alan Brazil, after a particularly rowdy business dinner.
Field science: When your degree takes you to the jungle
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Not every degree leaves you languishing in lectures for three years. Third-year zoologist Tamara Williams' studies have taken her to Ecuador so she can get up close and personal with rain forest life.
Five quick and easy dessert recipes for students
Wednesday 06 February 2013
Why not treat yourself to a nice dessert sometimes? We've gathered some recipes for you to try out if you want to impress...
Neutral territory
Friday 11 January 2013
After years of bright design and statement pieces the inside of our homes are about to get a lot more subdued
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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