Fred de Fossard

Felipe Fernández-Armesto longs to dine offaly well

From prawn cocktail and Arctic roll to starched tablecloths and ‘nicotine cream’ on the walls, it’s out with the new and in with the old in the restaurant world, says David Ellis

Once the preserve of oligarchs, caviar now turns up on chicken nuggets. What’s behind its comeback, wonders Henrik Lischke

Best seat in the house?

Slippers have made their way out of the bedroom and into the street, finds Simon Mills–although not without precedent or formalities