Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 23 May
Gainfully employed
Climbing the career ladder isn't necessarily the path to job satisfaction – there are lessons to be learned from a man who has waited the same tables for 40 years.Finding north London’s Oslo Court restaurant for the first time feels almost invasive. It’s only a very discrete sign the leads you to enter a 1930s block of flats, to be met not by a maitre d’ but a concierge. “The rest…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 22 May
Dressing up the EU
A recent European Parliament directive regarding how restaurants can serve olive oil has resulted in ridicule – with better presentation, such initiatives could be flavour of the month.You don’t often hear news of victorious achievements for the European Parliament but I bet you have heard about the latest one. In the middle of the financial turbulence crippling Europe, the parliament has come up with a…