What we’re reading
Published 9 October 2026
A first look at The Jack O’Newbury
Food writer Margaret Clancy heads to Berkshire to try the new pub from Dominic Chapman and Nigel Sutcliffe, a “dream team” who worked together at The Fat Duck back in the day.
Keith McNally absolutely loathes Thomas Straker. Loathes.
Sounds like New York is thirsty for bad boy chef Thomas Straker, who “talks like a degenerate, dresses like a degenerate, and acts like a degenerate” and is opening a restaurant on the site of Keith McNally’s erstwhile Lucky Strike this month.
Cafe TPT’s closure marks the end of an era for Chinatown
Losing a restaurant you love is a kind of grief. David Paw processes the loss of this 23-year-old Chinatown institution and hears from the Londoners who loved it. Says one: “Anything that’s an erasure of a classic Hong Kong experience feels sad because we’re constantly having to move forward and be okay with change now.” You have until 27 October to pay your respects.
Meet the new pub landlords: why Daniel Craig is running a boozer
The former 007 on beer, pubs, and community: “Losing that anonymity and not being able to go into a pub was a great sadness to me because I used to have such good times in pubs”. The Horseshoe in Clerkenwell is in good hands with Daniel Craig, Nick Jones, and Charlie Carroll.
