Editorial

Introducing our 100 Best Pubs 2025, in partnership with Timothy Taylor’s Landlord

Introducing Britain’s Best Pub 2025: The Highland Laddie

As we launch our inaugural 100 Best Pubs 2025, in partnership with Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, Josh Barrie reflects on the importance of celebrating Britain’s proper pubs.  For more than 1, 000 years, pubs have served as a refuge for people in Britain. There are numerous that claim to be the oldest surviving today. One, the Bingley Arms in Bardsey near ...

With a sizeable Sikh community, the culinary DNA of Gravesend is enriched by its Desi pubs, a mash up of British-Indian culture with buzzing dining rooms, family-run bonhomie and some great cooking. Kent resident, food writer and John Dory co-owner Zeren Wilson takes us on his tour of the town’s prime examples of the genre.

Brick Lane lies at the heart of the east end of London and has gained iconic status thanks to its history of immigrant communities who have made it their home over the years, bringing with them a rich tapestry of culture and craftsmanship still evident today. Food writer and author Dina Begum takes us on a tour of her top ...

It has the obvious feel of a neighbourhood bistro with a cheerful ambience, a relaxed demeanour and a menu so classic you could be in Paris. And if you’re familiar with The Folkestone Wine Company, that’s really all you need to know about Dave Hart and Polly Pleasence’s latest restaurant, which opened in Canterbury at the beginning of September.    ...

Former architect, sometimes writer and full-time chef and restaurateur Anna Hedworth is the grande dame of Newcastle’s dining scene and a perennial presence in The Good Food Guide since 2017. Following the success of her flagship restaurant Cook House, she opened Long Friday in 2021 – a neighbourhood sparkler which this year scooped up the award for Best Local Restaurant in ...

Long Friday in Jesmond, Newcastle received the award for Best Local Restaurant in Yorkshire and the North East in this year’s list. The generous, down-to-earth cooking that defines this much-loved local restaurant inspired owner Anna Hedworth’s cookbook, Service. Here she shares one of her most loved recipes from it. On a Saturday afternoon we stuff chickens for a Sunday. We ...

Speeding down to the South West? Consider taking things slow on the A303, positively littered with charming pubs, superior farm shops and an award-winning restaurant. Food and travel writer Emma Henderson, a frequent traveler between Devon and London, shares her favourite places to stop along the route.