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Henry Little

Henry Little has written 32 posts for The London Word
Henry is 25 and desperately backpeddling, to no avail. He is a lucky man, free enough to do things and poor enough to enjoy them. But as he's dragged, kicking and screaming from one of life's pleasures to another, he remains slave to the stupid memory that says yesterday was better than today. Perhaps he's a squirrel, saving treats for later? If nothing else, he's old enough to know that things have never been so good - tomorrow will tell him so.

The Sampler in Islington

The range of wines is refreshingly obscure and winningly niche, with 80 of the shop’s wines on tasting at any time

Go for Green at Zilli’s

Yes, an Italian vegetarian, a novel and refreshingly open-minded development from the Zilli chain

20 Questions With Michel Roux Jnr

‘I consider myself a Londoner and couldn’t live anywhere else’

Le Pont de la Tour

Mini tastings at the wine merchant’s premises, set in the wonderfully atmospheric surrounds of Shad Thames

Fashion Weakling

Clutching all the scant reassurance that little gasconade could provide, it was into the Fashion Week fray once more

A Taste of the Times

Bibendum hosted one of the capital’s biggest wine tasting fairs at the Saatchi Gallery for a second year

Vegetarian at Vanilla Black

Still a dirty sneer in some circles, vegetarianism always seems to be fighting its limitations

Hot Stuff at the Big Chill

Familiar players on the London bar scene, but a festival to exceed all expectations

Wine Tasting at Berry Bros. & Rudd

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to prefer fine wines to chain smoking or souping up a hatchback, is not for me to say, but at least with wine there is always the potential for both aesthetics and inebriation, and the more you drink, the more you know, the more you enjoy (to a point, [...]

Pasta Making at Jamie Oliver’s Recipease

In these flabby pacific times, one of the biggest battles our society needs to wage is against bad food. With Operation Jamie already well underway, and its latest weapon a hybrid cooking store, I felt it was time for soldier Little to report for duty.