The sea bream carpaccio melted in the mouth and exuded freshness. Fundamental Hospitality
Restaurant of the week: Made in Dubai eatery wows in Mayfair

Skip the deep-fried zucchini tempura as this is all about Greek-style seafood done right

May 31, 2024, 6:02 PM
The restaurant oversees Grosvenor Square
Grill 88 in London is a cut above most steakhouses

Mayfair venue dry-ages its own beef and serves everything from grain-fed Japanese ribeye Wagyu to Lake District sirloin steaks

July 28, 2023, 6:02 PM
Hafida Latta. Amy McConaghy / The National
A moveable feast: Hafida Latta's diplomatic road less travelled

After giving up a career in government service, the Tunisian-born wife of a British diplomat achieved more than she could possibly have imagined, one spoonful of couscous at a time

March 03, 2023, 1:33 AM
The freshly shucked oysters are a must-have
Restaurant of the week: Dubai seafood restaurant makes waves in Mayfair

Restaurateur Joey Ghazal says the focus is on using 'the best possible ingredients constituted in the simplest way possible'

February 10, 2023, 6:02 PM
Human rights campaigners outside the High Court in London, after an Appeal Court judge ruled against stopping the UK flying asylum seekers to Rwanda. It subsequently went to judicial review. EPA
How UK laws are being changed to deter asylum seekers

Despite outcry from lawyers and activists, the Nationality and Borders Act became law earlier this year

December 05, 2022, 11:11 AM
People rescued from 'Ocean Viking' rescue ship get off a bus at the 'Giens Cap Levant' holiday camp in Hyeres, southern France, where the migrants were able to stay about 20 days. AFP
Italy and France committed to 'full co-operation' on migrants after war of words

The 'Ocean Viking' rescue ship docked in southern France at the weekend after Italy repeatedly refused it safe harbour

November 14, 2022, 3:57 PM
London Business School has had a presence in the Middle East for more than 15 years and opened its first campus outside the UK capital in Dubai, in 2007. Photo: London Business School
London Business School to double scholarships through £200mn fundraising drive

The Forever Forward campaign aims to expand the school's research and innovation

November 11, 2022, 2:45 PM
Young children learning at school in Ishkashim province in Afghanistan. Photo: Kiana Hayeri
Aga Khan Foundation gets UK government funding for programmes in crisis-hit Afghanistan

The multi-sector projects aim to support families and communities after years of drought, conflict, and economic instability

November 07, 2022, 9:31 PM
The 'Geo Barents' rescue ship arrived in Sicily but some of the migrants it carried were denied entry. EPA
Rescue charity to sue Italy for denying some migrants entry

Italy has accused the rescue ships of operating a 'shuttle service' for migrants, while Giorgia Meloni's new government only allows some of those who were saved at sea to go onshore

November 07, 2022, 1:21 PM
A migrant child on board the 'Ocean Viking' in the Mediterranean Sea on November 2. AFP
Italy allows ships carrying 179 migrants to dock

Medics will carry out health checks

November 04, 2022, 6:04 PM
Howard Carter examines the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922. Getty Images
Forget Carter - hidden story of other Briton behind King Tut discovery

Barnsley-born Harold Jones started the search for the Egyptian tomb at the start of the 20th Century

November 04, 2022, 12:55 PM
According to the UN refugee agency, more than 3,000 migrants died at sea on their way to Europe in 2021. Reuters
Italy and Malta still refusing safe harbour to 1,000 migrants at sea

Three rescue ships have been stranded for more than a week with at least three pregnant woman and dozens of children on board

November 03, 2022, 5:07 PM
Belize Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay has condemned the UK's deportation policy. EPA
Belize denies talks with UK over 'inhumane' deportation policy

British plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda are on hold amid legal challenges

November 03, 2022, 12:27 PM
Children inside the Manston immigration short-term holding centre located in Thanet, Kent. PA
Company running services at overcrowded Manston centre records millions in profit

Mitie Care and Custody has won several government contracts to process migrants this year, while another UK business running hotels and housing for asylum seekers posts 600% profit increase

November 01, 2022, 4:22 PM
The 'Celine Horse' was carved from a block of marble quarried on Mount Pentelicus. Photo: Institute for Digital Archaeology
Perfect replica of Parthenon Marbles supports 'sensible deal' for their return to Greece

Oxford-based institute has made copies of 'stolen' artefacts to help resolve conflict between UK and Greece

November 01, 2022, 12:20 PM