But by rousing the blood and raising the stakes – and showing the possibilities of change – Graham and Goold “won me over”. As someone who doesn’t follow football, I came into Dear England feeling at a possible disadvantage. That Britain could be floundering as a result of a similar “sense of inherited privilege” is a point he does not need to batter home. Graham gives us a vivid sketch of the mess the team was in before Southgate took over: seldom winning, yet still considering itself a “top talent”. The play’s title, said Susannah Clapp in The Observer, alludes to an open letter Southgate wrote to fans in 2021, pleading for a “more generous” and “interesting view of what the country could be”. Some of the characterisation, however, is cartoonish: Harry Kane, Gary Lineker, Greg Dyke and many others appear in no more than amusing caricature. The staging is “thrilling”, and Joseph Fiennes gives a performance of “almost AI-grade exactness” as Southgate, said Quentin Letts in The Sunday Times. kitchen is famous for superior food and the very special afternoon tea menu. And with “Dear England” – a “wildly entertaining romp” given a pulsating staging by Rupert Goold – he has “hit the back of the net once again”. Sketch Mayfair, London Sketch is a one-of-a-kind place in Central London. He has made “genuinely classic work” out of such unlikely subjects as “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, and parliamentary whips’ offices in the 1970s. As a playwright, James Graham has long displayed the world-beating form that still eludes England on the biggest stages. Groundhog Day review: a simply sublime return to The Old Vicīut fear not.42nd Street review: new production has ‘energy and pizzazz’.Don’t miss out on exploring the capital’s Royal Parks – from St James’ Park and Hyde Park in the centre to the majestic Hampton Court and wilderness of Richmond Park in the southwest. Visitors can roam around one of Britain’s finest medieval castles and royal prison, and learn about the final days of Anne Boleyn at the Tower of London or, for the less bloodthirsty, visit the Queen’s London home, Buckingham Palace. London’s royal history is not to be missed. And that’s not to mention world-renowned arts venues, galleries and museums, award-winning theatre and unrivalled shopping – all found within a few Tube stops of each other. There are very British pursuits like the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and an impressive collection of traditional English pubs.
From a bloody, squalid history to the vanguard of fashion in the Swinging 1960s to the buzzing metropolis it is today, London has something for everyone. Since then it’s evolved into one of the greatest cities on earth. The UK's capital was founded by the Romans shortly after they invaded in 43AD. The wine list is bursting with thoroughbred bottles perfectly selected to enhance the food.
These are precisely conceived, intelligently constructed dishes, and the dessert menu is a riot of equally precise and beautiful options, from iced lavender-honey galette, citrus marmalade with Kirsch, lemon opaline to Bramley apple terrine, lemon sponge, Limoncello and yuzu ganache. Lamb chop Milanese with onion, mint sauce, mustard, borlotti beans and red pepper salad is one of the meat options and vegetarians can enjoy dishes like braised endive with orange juice and grilled mushrooms or purple potato bavaroise, vegetables, golden raisins and balsamic vinegar. You might move on to perfectly timed fillets of crisp-skinned sea bream with silky and subtle anchovy butter, vibrant broccoli purée with and seaweed with a minerally ozone flavour. The à la carte offers a choice of hot or cold starter – witness, perhaps, a feather-light haddock and scallop soufflé with a punchy Colman’s mustard beurre blanc and intensely flavoured leek fondue, or red beetroot tartare, raspberry, redcurrants, Montgomery Cheddar and seaweed caviar. Pierre Gagnaire’s food is as vibrant and entertaining as the setting, exuberantly creative, playful and often accompanied by a live DJ, the modern French/European menus, which change every two months, demonstrate an endless stream of inventive, technically accomplished brasserie dishes. Under its astonishing glazed cupola roof, there are copper-coloured walls and beautiful yellow fabrics throughout, while the walls are adorned with specially commissioned pieces by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare. Overview Photos Menu Reviews Sketch Lecture Room and Library 4.6 305 Reviews 41 and over Modern European Top Tags: Good for special occasions Romantic Innovative Located on the first floor, the Lecture Room and Library at sketch boasts an elegant and spacious dining room and two Michelin stars.
A Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in the heart of Mayfair, all the venues at Sketch are unusual in terms of their interior design, and The Gallery is no exception. Stylish venues combining food, drinks, music and art are reasonably commonplace these days, but Sketch certainly blazed a trail when it launched 20 years ago.
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