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The new rules for post-pandemic restaurants
As lockdown becomes a distant memory, chefs and restaurateurs must look at a different way of providing hospitality to their customers
Ed Cumming
24, Apr, 2022 @2:00 PM
Sud’s law: how a £29 bottle of handwash won the pandemic
From posh restaurants to aspirational homes, Aesop handwash is everywhere – helped by Covid. But will the bubble burst?
Ed Cumming
25, Mar, 2022 @11:00 AM
Wine crime is soaring but a new generation of tech savvy detectives is on the case
Wine crime is soaring, but a new generation of tech-savvy detectives is on the case. By Ed Cumming
Ed Cumming
27, Feb, 2022 @11:13 AM
50 things we love in the world of food right now
Miso spaghetti and chorizo sausage rolls, Colombian brunch and a little restaurant in Venice, oysters from Somerset and filo pastries on Instagram: presenting Observer Food Monthly’s food favourites for 2022
Compiled by Holly O'Neill, Clare Finney, Allan Jenkins, Killian Fox, Nicola Miller, Melissa Thompson, Ed Cumming, Ben Mervis, David Williams and Tony Naylor
20, Feb, 2022 @8:00 AM
‘It’s the end of a big adventure’: Cillian Murphy bids farewell to Peaky Blinders
Cillian Murphy’s icy stare has transfixed viewers around the world as Brummie gang boss Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders. As the stellar series reaches its finale, he talks about music, empathy and trying not to overthink things
Ed Cumming
20, Feb, 2022 @8:00 AM
What’s the game with the name?
Bono is not a fan of ‘U2’. Perhaps a few other bands – and brands – should try less hard when deciding what to call themselves
Ed Cumming
23, Jan, 2022 @7:00 AM
The mass Zoom sacking proves it: we should leave firing people to robots | Ed Cumming
The US mortgage firm Better sacked 900 workers in a video meeting. It’s time to entrust such tricky human resources tasks to artificial beings
Ed Cumming
12, Dec, 2021 @10:30 AM
Is it better to be a grandmother than a mother? | Ed Cumming
Why does the sternest of British matriarchs turn to puree when confronted with her children’s young, wonders a rookie parent
Ed Cumming
21, Nov, 2021 @10:15 AM
Tipsy at 30,000ft? It’s the British way
Whatever the sobriety or otherwise of the three MPs in the news last week, a tipple or two at high altitude is a national institution
Ed Cumming
14, Nov, 2021 @7:15 AM
Yes, I’m a WFH wastrel. And it’s no less productive than working in the office | Ed Cumming
Being in the building is no more difficult or important than beavering away at home. Either way, there should be more to life
Ed Cumming
31, Oct, 2021 @8:10 AM
‘I’m terrified it might be my last chance’: the rise of the pre-baby ‘stag do’
‘Dad dos’, or ‘Dadchelor parties’ – one last blow out for a father-to-be – are on the up. Are they just an excuse for a bender, or a crucial celebration for the modern, hands-on father?
Ed Cumming
29, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
Bare shelves, no holidays… At last, a biblical kind of Christmas
There’s nothing to buy and no chance of going anywhere anyway. Thank goodness for Boris Johnson and his empty promises
Ed Cumming
17, Oct, 2021 @5:30 AM
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