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40 Free Street under construction in Portland, Maine. Image by Corey Templeton licensed under Creative Commons. American households are changing, but our housing supply isn’t caught up with the times. Is Pete Buttigieg a good pick for Transportation Secretary? What will the future of parking and street space look like? A great real estate reset is needed: A new report from Brookings and Smart Growth America takes a look at housing trends and needs in a five-part series that includes discussions on persistent segregation, changing family dynamics and housing types, destabilized housing marke...

The Drinks Business 18 December 2020 By Lucy Shaw In news that sounds like an April Fool, Star Wars director JJ Abrams has recreated celebrated London restaurant The River Café out of Lego. Star Wars director JJ Abrams’ recreation of The River Café in Lego. Photo credit: JJ Abrams / The River Café As reported by Eater London, the Hollywood heavyweight had a regular table at The River Café while he was directing Star Wars in London. As an ode to many a happy meal enjoyed at the high-end Hammersmith-based Italian, which was founded by Ruth Rogers and the late Rose G...

The River Cafe/JJ Abrams Do not scratch your eyes — this is a virtual lego rendering of London institution the River Cafe, put together by Star Wars film director JJ Abrams. In a mail-out to its faithfuls, the Hammersmith Italian restaurant founded by Ruth Rogers and the late Rose Gray in 1987 revealed that Abrams, best-known for Super 8 and The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker, had a “regular” table when “directing Star Wars in London.” Lucky lad. That fandom resulted in this 520 “piece” virtual Lego rendering of the Italian restaurant, complete with a Ruth Rogers ...

The Drinks Business 17 December 2020 By Eloise Feilden After just two weeks of trading, the new tier three restrictions mean that London restaurants have shut their doors again. But with the advent of make it at home meal kits and the prominence of takeaway services, you can still support your favourite London eateries over the festive season. We’ve rounded up some of the best restaurants, new and old, offering something tasty to sink your teeth into over the holidays.   Santo Remedio Santo Remedio is offering up the tastes and smells of Mexico to be enjoyed from the s...

I t is 1972.  I am 27. My friend Dusty Wesker, wife of Arnold Wesker who is great mate of my then husband Tom, thrusts an Evening Standard at me announcing a competition they are running whereby the prize is to be the paper’s restaurant critic. With one or maybe even both of my two small daughters – the younger only a few months old – in my arms or round my feet I am thinking I probably shouldn’t be considering a job, but grievously I miss working, having been a copywriter at JWT and a journalist on the new, improved Radio Times. And the prize obtains only for three months…what har...