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For a little extra festive inspiration, this is what the Standard’s Going Out team will be eating and drinking over Christmas

London offers restaurants of varying quality, and of varying interest and originality, writes David Ellis

David Ellis uncovers a North London bookshop with a ‘strange kind of distinction’

The Standard’s new restaurant reviewer shares the meals that shaped him, and what the next course holds

Researchers in Adelaide are at the forefront of finding new fungal pathogens, which are spreading more because of climate change and can be deadly without effective drugs

There was a time when Salt Bae wasn’t met with only cynicism. His silly goose-neck salt sprinkling was the meme of the moment and when he arrived in London in 2021, queues to his Knightsbridge restaurant formed quickly, bills in the thousands hit social media, and steaks in glittering gold…

DIY gourmet fare delivered to your door with idiot-proof instructions — but is it really the best way to dine, asks David Ellis

Chefs, restaurateurs, publicans and nightclub owners had a lot to say in 2023. We were grateful: it made our jobs much easier. From Thomas Straker to Tom Sellers, SluttyCheff to Richard Corrigan, we caught up with some of London’s movers and shakers.

Openings, closings, record breakers and unlikely steaks