The Latest Breaking News from Russell Norman

From four-course blow-outs to the perfect pizza , food critic Ben McCormack recommends London's best Italian restaurants to have on your radar

Let it rip

In a turbulent year, eating out meant uncomplicated familiarity. It was 12 months of soul-warming highs, says our chief restaurant critic, despite the odd disappointment

From Ruth Rogers to Danny Trejo, Ben Cobb shares his Editor's Letter from this week's issue of ES Magazine

Clare Finney rounds up the dining rooms offering an escape from the London gloom — no flight required

Letter: Tom Sweeney says he excelled in drama in school and as always generous with his praise for his old teachers

Many have described Russell Norman, whose death has shocked the entire restaurant world, as a genuinely happy, generous, and kind person. They would be right. Essentially, he was as hospitable in his everyday life as he was in business, a man who defined the very essence of what hospitality is…

Norman, who has died aged 57, was a master of details

The influential restaurateur, who has died aged 57, knew how to show patrons a good time because he liked having one himself, says the Observer’s restaurant critic Jay Rayner