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Tent pitched across from posh Ritz-Carlton causes a stir

Summer in our sanctuary city is now on simmer, dialing down to an autumn of what’s next.

Chicago Sun-Times

Best synthetic and feather dusters to fly through your home cleaning

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Evening Standard

Mohamed Al Fayed: the ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods

“If the novelists P.G. Wodehouse, Jackie Collins and Naguib Mahfouz had been asked to pool their creative talents, they would have struggled to invent a character as bold and controversial as Mohamed Al Fayed,” said Andrew Anthony in The Observer.

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Mohamed Al-Fayed ‘blamed himself for deaths of Dodi and Diana’, says Andrew Neil

Billionaire businessman Mr Al-Fayed died last week at the age of 94

Evening Standard

Mohamed Al Fayed obituary

Former owner of Harrods and Fulham FC whose stormy relationship with British institutions denied him citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed al-Fayed, whose son died in crash with Princess Diana, dies at 94

Billionaire businessman Mohamed al-Fayed remained convinced his son, Dodi, and Diana were victims of a conspiracy.

Al Jazeera

Eight in 10 adults feel the heat when hosting dinner parties

A recent study found people who have played host in their home felt pressured when it comes to making sure their guests are having a good time

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The curse of shrinkflation: how food is being sneakily downsized – but prices aren’t

Shrinking jars of jam, smaller chocolate bars and cut-size snacks … why won’t brands stop decreasing the size of their products?

The Guardian - AU

The grifters’ guide to a super-luxe lunch for less: London’s glitziest meal deals, from Salt Bae to The Ritz

Want a Champagne life on lemonade money? Mike Daw rounds up the very best lunch deals in the capital’s flashiest dining rooms

Evening Standard

Couple open city cafe 'better than the Ritz' with New York-inspired afternoon teas

Matt and Elaine offer freshly made cakes, desserts and afternoon teas

Liverpool Echo

How fine dining in Europe and the US came to exclude immigrant cuisine and how social media is pushing back – podcast

The history of restaurants, food and, especially, fine dining, is deeply tied to the history of immigration to the U.S. and French cultural power in the early 20th century. Not surprisingly, the story that leads to Yelp and Anthony Bourdain is not without its share of racism that the modern…

The Conversation

Flex your social muscles – and stick to one drink: 10 ways to be much more confident at parties

Have you become more stressed about big gatherings since the pandemic? You’re certainly not alone. Here is how to leave fear behind and have a great time

The Guardian - UK

UK's top 10 best restaurants from 2023 including a barn overlooking Hadrian's Wall

Ynyshir in Machynlleth, Powys, Moor Hall in Aughton, Lancashire, Da Terra in Bethnal Green, London and The Ledbury in Notting Hill, London are among the best restaurants in the UK, according to the National Restaurant Awards

Daily Mirror

Pine in Northumberland is 'totally buzzing' to be named one of UK's top 10 restaurants

Michelin star restaurant Pine earns sixth place, beating The Ritz in London, at the National Restaurant Awards - which also singles out the region's other Michelin venues - and it is placed highest UK entry in a European dining list too

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Inside the (very) secret world of the Barclays and an oh-so tangled web

With their showpiece Telegraph up for sale amid a banking feud, Chris Blackhurst on the family in the eye of a business storm

Evening Standard

Inside Barclay family’s ‘Succession-like’ infighting that has forced sale of the Telegraph

The Barclays’ downfall is the sort of story their own newspapers would relish

The Guardian - UK

‘Former estate agents’: the strange life of the Barclay twins

Losing Telegraph newspapers will not turn remaining twin Frederick Barclay into a pauper, but it’s a bitter end to brothers’ empire-building

Irish Mirror

Irish man's poignant last words after sudden death days after completing eating challenge

Conor Flanagan, a regular singer in Lisdoonvarna, passed away shortly after completing a famous burger and wings challenge

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The Guardian - UK

The rise of Camilla: from vilified royal mistress to queen in waiting

Battle to win over Elizabeth II and British public – via ‘Operation PB’ – was tumultuous but ultimately a success

Daily Mirror

'Ritz afro row and Essex pub are sad reminders of a Britain stuck in the past'

The only consolation about living now, rather than the 70s, is that people are able to call out racism where they find it – and are increasingly being listened to WARNING: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE

The Guardian - UK

Ritz job applicant informed of afro hair ban says hotel apology ‘disingenuous’

Hotel claimed Jerelle Jules was sent out-of-date and incorrect grooming policy banning ‘unusual hairstyles’

Evening Standard

The Ritz apologises after job applicant told ‘Afro-style hair’ banned

Jurelle Jules withdrew his interest in “shock and disappointment” when erroneously sent a staff grooming policy

Daily Mirror

The Ritz says sorry after Black jobseeker is banned from wearing an Afro hairstyle

Jerelle Jules, 29, was 'disappointed' to read that The Ritz's grooming policy did not allow afro hairstyles. After he raised concerns, the luxury hotel apologised

Daily Mirror

People are just discovering what the ridges on Ritz crackers are actually for

A man has left people utterly mind-blown after unveiling a hidden function on Ritz crackers - it turns out the finely scalloped edge is far more than merely aesthetic

Salon

Top Chef: Sugar, spice & everything rice

With a Ritz amuse bouche Quickfire & a rice-based Elimination challenge, some cheftestants step into the spotlight

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