Yotam Ottolenghi recipesFoodDon't leave it until next Christmas before you cook brussels sprouts againBrussels sprouts aren't just for Christmas, they're for life – or at least until the season ends in March. Though I suppose that does rather depend on whether or not you have the TAS2R38 gene, which affects your tongue. That name may not be quite as catchy as "yum" or "yuck", admittedly, but it does provide a genetic explanation for why people either love or loathe brussels sprouts. Read More...
TheatreReviewApollo theatre, London
Joss Stone and Dave Stewart’s strangely forgettable score does little to lift this musical but there are some wonderful set pieces
For the millions of readers held rapt by Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 novel, about a woman who falls in love with a time traveller, this might feel like a trip back in time. But alongside the safety of adapting a bestseller on stage, there is a degree of chutzpah in theatrically realising a romance with a dizzying temporal complexity and non-chronological narrative. Read More...
Paris This article is more than 9 years oldFrance's notorious La Santé prison receives four-year renovation termThis article is more than 9 years oldParis jail known for brutal conditions, which once housed Carlos the Jackal, Jean Genet and Jacques Mesrine, to reopen in 2019France is about to turn the page on a shameful chapter of its penal history by renovating its most notorious prison, La Santé.
La Santé, named after a neighbouring hospital in southern Paris, has held some of Frances's most famous prisoners in its colourful 147-year history. Read More...
