2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (749+ words) A piece in Wednesday's Times about what our Paris correspondent (or at least the headline writer) called the death of "le long lunch" led to a chorus of nostalgic handwringing below the line about the similarly parlous state of workday…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago  (390+ words) Who is buying Britain's stolen chocolate? Increasingly, the answer is the shop just down the road. Organised criminal gangs are operating a professional "steal-to-order" black market that has forced major supermarkets to lock products such as Dairy Milk and Ferrero…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1470+ words) Carl Pei's choice of lunch venue risks reigniting an international incident. The founder and chief executive of Nothing, the London-based smartphone maker, caused a furore last year when he claimed London's Indian food is better than it is in India....

12+ hour, 17+ min ago  (1470+ words) Carl Pei's choice of lunch venue risks reigniting an international incident. The founder and chief executive of Nothing, the London-based smartphone maker, caused a furore last year when he claimed London's Indian food is better than it is in India....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (9+ words) The women breaking into the boys" brewing club'The Times...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (590+ words) For more than a millennium, Muslims have traditionally broken their Ramadan fast with a date. Increasingly, however, that first taste of the evening is being replaced by something less ancient: a glass of Vimto. The grape, blackcurrant and raspberry cordial…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1336+ words) I've lived in South Africa for almost a decade. These are the best wine stays'The Times I've lived in South Africa for almost a decade. These are the best wine stays There's no need for a designated driver at these…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (468+ words) Just because food comes in a tin or is wrapped in a paper sleeve in a jar doesn't mean it's always inferior. Some of my favourite weekly staples are cans of posh tinned tuna or pickled fennel with chilli and…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (846+ words) The forthcoming opening of The Pembroke in Belgravia " a "super" members" club " has caused panic in the well-appointed rooms of Mayfair"s traditional, exclusive watering holes. Backed by foreign investors, believed to be Omani, the club has embarked on a…...

2+ day, 11+ min ago  (617+ words) Most Parisians were happy to see sunshine after weeks of heavy rain and grey skies. But for the producers of leeks and cauliflowers, the weather on Wednesday was all the more reason to feel gloomy. "At the slightest ray of…...