Talisker and Loch Fyne team up for whisky and oyster kit August 5, 2020 Famed Skye whisky distillery Talisker and seafood merchants Loch Fyne have teamed up for a treat on World Oyster Day. The new Talisker & Oyster Signature Pairing Kit combines two large drams of the distillery’s flagship single malt with a dozen oysters – and can be delivered to your door through Loch Fyne’s at home [...]
Back to Business: Masha Rener on keeping her restaurants afloat online August 1, 2020 We talk to London’s top chefs about how they are dealing with the strange ‘new normal’. Lina Stores head chef Masha Rener talks about how home-cooking with top ingredients is here to stay. Who are you and what do you do? I’m Masha Rener, head chef at Lina Stores in Soho and King’s Cross How [...]
The future of post-covid drinking, from the mega beer garden to drone deliveries August 1, 2020 With the baking summer heat threatening to melt my laptop, the idea of al fresco eating and drinking seems like a no-brainer. But Britain, with its unpredictable climate, traffic-clogged streets and plethora of excellent, dingy pubs, has proven resistant to the kind of outdoor cafe culture beloved of our European neighbours. Until covid, that is. [...]
How to pick a virtual personal trainer to see you through till offices reopen August 1, 2020 Gyms finally reopened last week, which was great news not just for personal trainers like me but also the thousands of people desperate to get back to training. It’s hard to believe it’s been over four months since the last person walked through the doors at No.1 Fitness, but we haven’t been sitting on our [...]
The Mini Cooper Sport is a life-affirming blast from the past August 1, 2020 Driving a classic Mini Cooper proves the perfect antodote to post-lockdown blues. Tim Pitt explains how you could do the same.
Eat Out to Help Out – the best restaurants taking part in the government hospitality scheme August 1, 2020 There was a time when dropping most of your disposable income on avocado on toast made you an idiot who will never be able to afford a house. Now it makes you a hero who will save the economy. It’s so vital that you start eating at restaurants again that, as of Monday, the government [...]
Ardbeg team up with DJ BBQ to add smoke to the fire July 31, 2020 Oh boy, it’s a hot one this weekend. Temperatures are set to soar – and Brits are no doubt set to gather around barbecues up and down the country. Read more: Four unique tequilas to spice up your weekend But before you default to burgers and sausages, world-renowned Islay Distillery Ardbeg and chef DJ BBQ [...]
Black Tot Day: Rum to celebrate 50 years since Navy ended daily tot July 31, 2020 It seems hard to believe but July 31 marks fifty years since the last rum ration was served in the British Navy. “Black Tot Day” marks the anniversary of the last day sailors were issue with a daily rum ration – a tradition that began in the mid-17th century. And whilst rum was watered down [...]
Sky Arts to become free to air channel in bid to boost culture sector July 28, 2020 Sky Arts will become free to air for all viewers in September, as the broadcaster attempts to boost the sector in a “vital time for culture” during the pandemic. Britain’s only TV channel dedicated solely to arts and culture is currently only available to paying customers. However, it will become free to air for all [...]
Boris Johnson’s calorie labelling plan is well-intentioned but economically inept July 27, 2020 Let me start with a concession to the Prime Minister: not all the policies in his anti-obesity drive are outright objectionable. Banning food advertising and telling shopkeepers where they can and can’t stock their products are obvious and unacceptable intrusions, whatever their intended goal. But as a liberal economist, I am prepared to consider some [...]