Filth
“Filth is a somewhat hysterical ride through the misdeeds and psychosis of Edinburgh detective sergeant Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy), a repellent policeman in the tradition of Bad Lieutenant.”
Author Tom Bangay
Only God Forgives
“It’s horrible people doing unspeakable things to each other, slowly.” Tom Bangay reviews Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film…
Gusto by Heinz Beck
“A dozen exquisite Lagouile steak knives are balanced on the felt, each handle carved of a different wood. I choose a bloody rosewood, to match the hue of the veal I’ll be carving it with.”
Conrad Hotel Algarve
“I don’t golf. Or is it I don’t play golf? I don’t even know how to describe the fact that I don’t play golf. I don’t putt, I don’t chip, I don’t drive. I don’t even drive cars.”
Uptown Gastronomy: Café Boulud
“Café Boulud, humming quietly beneath The Surrey hotel, a hive of monochromatic luxury on the Upper East Side.”
The Surrey, New York
Excess. It’s on the mind of any British traveller to New York. In a space smaller than Zone 1, the 1.6 million inhabitants of Manhattan carve out a living based on excess…