Being a vegan is tough enough as the best of times.

 

‘Each morning I stare at our sturgeons for 10 minutes, which brings me energy,’ says head of R&D, Bastien Debeuf, as a submarine-like fish skims the cool pool in our midst.

 

Abbey Road Studios, St John’s Wood. London’s A-list, including Kate Moss, Orlando Bloom, Sadie Frost and Salma Hayek, are assembled to celebrate Stella McCartney’s debut men’s collection.

 

It began as Mother’s Ruin in the 18th century but gin has enjoyed a renaissance to become one of the nation’s favourite drinks.

 

Bars across the city have recently begun listing bottles of sparkling sake on their menus

 

Canary Wharf will be one of the largest Crossrail stations, with retail areas on four of the six floors, and a landscaped park, restaurant and community facility

 

Wine drinkers, listen in. If you think your sipping spectrum is restricted to red, white and pink, you need to get out more; for orange wine, the oenophile’s secret that the rest of us have never heard of, is quietly poking its nose into London’s wine bars.

 

Ruth Spivey, former model, sommelier and organiser of Wine Car Boot, does not look like your archetypal wine expert.

 

The Spanish classic has regained its cool. Andrew Neather goes in search of London’s finest fino

 

The hippest new eateries in town have champagne paired with everything from tapas to cheese. It’s bubblicious, says Rosamund Urwin

 
 
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