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Published 26 February 2026
Market House, Altrincham
A local’s guide to Altrincham
On the edge of WAG-territory, Altrincham has a reputation as a “high-gloss enclave of daft houses and silly money”, writes local expert Emma Sturgess, but there’s plenty to enjoy for us normies too from poke bowls to coffee and walnut yum yums.
Peeling spuds saved me – restaurant work matters
A powerful rejoinder to Labour’s entrepreneurship tsar by chef Alasdair Gill, son of the late AA Gill. “Hospitality absorbs people other sectors cannot – students, migrants, career changers, the temporarily directionless – and turns them into functioning participants in the economy.”
Experience: I’m a professional chef in Antarctica
A fascinating insight into running a kitchen on the southernmost continent. One delivery of food a year is the tip of the iceberg (sorry).
“Do whatever it takes to eat here”: William Sitwell reviews Sushi Nakamura, Leeds
The Good Food Guide has long made the case that you don’t need to break the bank to find good sushi. Telegraph critic adds one more new address to check out: that of Sushi Nakamura, a £150 a head, six-cover counter in the heart of Leed’s shopping district. Sitwell, not the most adventurous eater among the big national critics, is sold on the chawanmushi with whelk.
