Fine dining and The Jab: A Michelin dinner with the Ozempic set Life&Style The age of Ozempic is changing fine dining. Anna Moloney asks how to run a Michelin-star restaurant when your diners don't want to eat.
I saved hundreds watching a tribute band over the real thing Life&Style Tired of spending hundreds on stadium gigs, Damien Gabet set off on a long, dark journey to Cheltenham to watch a System Of A Down tribute band. It might have been better than the real thing We can all recall a piece of music that, on first listening, irreversibly rewired our minds. I can vividly [...]
This is what proper British pub lock-ins used to be like Life&Style If you’re under 60, you’re unlikely to have experienced a proper British pub lock-in. But there was a time when it was a cornerstone of a good night out, a rite of passage and a membership to an illicit club. Andy Blackmore tries to remember the good old days A few decades ago, this country [...]
Who is scrawling poetry on London streets? And why? July 10, 2026 London’s self-styled street poets are scrawling messages on walls and pavements. Lucy Carter tracked down the creators Walk down any central London street and you’ll spot them: pithy statements scrawled on paving slabs, walls and hoardings. They often take the form of simple white words, signed off with an Instagram handle. These pavement poems are [...]
Inside the Gumball 3000, the world’s most outrageous motoring event July 4, 2026 Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin has teamed up with the world’s most outrageous motoring event, the Gumball 3000. Adam Hay-Nicholls explores the rally’s wild history, its improbable legends and its enduring appeal Sports cars and watches go hand in glove. Synergies of precision timing and craftsmanship are used to cement the credentials of each brand, whether [...]
I recreated all my favourite TV tropes, from crawling through pipes to being two kids in a trenchcoat June 26, 2026 TV tropes told Amelia Tait that life would be spent crawling through ventilation shafts and avoiding quicksand. The reality was very different… until now When I was old enough to know better but young enough for it to still be an excuse, I used to try and run through walls like Wile E. Coyote. I [...]
Why the Norwegian Arctic is the best place to see the Northern Lights April 24, 2026 This Arctic outpost at the north of the Scandi nation is perhaps Europe’s best-kept travel secret, says Luke Abrahams Nighttime in Jøkelfjord, Norway, 215 miles north of the Arctic Circle. I dread to think what temperature it is. I’m hiding from the bitter air in a hot tub, although the opulence is interrupted when the [...]
The WhatsApp group trying to collectively sink one million pints April 24, 2026 Meet the group sharing photos of their journey to sink a million pints Plato asked how we define justice. Aristotle wanted to know what makes a good life. Einstein questioned if God plays dice with the universe, and Darwin wondered why species change. These questions changed history and laid the foundations of humankind’s place in [...]
How to experience Harry Styles’ Rome, from cool neighbourhoods to flea markets April 23, 2026 Why has Harry Styles fallen so deeply for the Italian capital? Amélie Outters checks out his favourite spots Near Campo de’ Fiori, inside a small Roman café, the queue moves slowly. The staff gruffly mumble orders in rapid Italian while customers lean over the glass counter, pointing at pizza sold by the centimetre and paid [...]
How bakers became the rock stars of London’s post-booze era April 22, 2026 Bakers have developed the clout of mixologists, finds Adam Bloodworth Anna Higham finds it extremely stressful when a queue forms outside her Quince bakery in Islington. She feels that, by definition, a line means she can’t give her best service, but she acknowledges that for many of the capital’s bakery touring elite, the absence of [...]