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Alex James will host a cheese class at The Paradise School of Grub. Picture: Adam Gasson

Cheese and chocolate lovers to get lessons at The Paradise School of Grub

Blur bassist and farmer Alex James is to host a lesson in cheese this week as part of The Paradise School of Grub.

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Tuttons was recently refurbished by leading interior designer Russell Sage.

Restaurant review: Tuttons, Covent Garden

Tuttons has the feel of an upmarket Café Rouge with an a la carte menu and Covent Garden setting that lifts it several tiers above the French restaurant chain.

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Bird of Smithfield Pic: Chris Tubbs

Restaurant review: Bird of Smithfield, Finsbury, EC1

»A new restaurant near Smithfield Market always conjures exciting images of meat, and the well-lauded opening of Bird of Smithfield is no exception.

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Five things to get dad for Father’s Day

Stuck for ideas for Father’s Day? Here’s our pick of some of the gifts you can get for dad, without ever leaving the capital.

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The Cadagon has been serving afternoon tea since 1887

Afternoon tea at Cadogan in Knightsbridge is fit for royalty

Establishment has teamed up Patridges, The Queen’s grocers, to serve the very best

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The dining room at The Lady Ottoline

Restaurant review: The Lady Ottoline, Bloomsbury

The Lady Ottoline in Bloomsbury is definitely a gastro-pub, but wander up the stairs to the gorgeous dining room and you almost forget.

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Las Iguanas in the Southbank Centre.

Restaurant review: Las Iguanas, Southbank

If you find yourself in Southbank on a warm spring evening, a tasty taco or tray of tapas on the terrace at Las Iguanas can just hit the spot.

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Charlie Shaw with his winning sausages at his butchers on Bellenden Road, Peckham. Picture: Jellied Eel

Peckham sausage wins London banger award

A sausage from a Peckham butchers has been voted the capital’s favourite banger.

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Reporter Will Taylor is taking the Live Below the Line challenge.

Live Below the Line: ‘I was left floundering by lunchtime’

Day five and for reporter Will Taylor the finish line is in sight.

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Reporter Will Taylor is taking the Live Below the Line challenge.

Live Below the Line: ‘I was once again relying on my bucket load of rice to see me through the day’

On the penultimate day of his Live Below the Line challenge, reporter Will Taylor starts with a culinary mishap.

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Wood you believe it? Rescue full of coincidences

A series of “unbelievable” coincidences saw a firefighter named Woods rescue a tree surgeon from Woodland Way in Petts Wood.

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