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Charlotte Ivers

@charlotteivers.bsky.social
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Sunday Times restaurant critic and staff writer

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 09/12/2025
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
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The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
It’s big, it’s brash, it’s the most controversial restaurant event of the year. It’s Carbone, London. www.thetimes.com/article/d95a...
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Carbone review — Posh Spice and inedible chicken at London’s new dream factory
The Mayfair branch of the famous Manhattan eatery isn’t selling food, it’s selling the American dream to the highest bidder
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Always nice to hear from a reader! Starmer at PMQs: “The Leader of the Opposition said… to The Sunday Times… ‘I’ve inherited a gigantic mess and I’m cleaning it up.’ She said ‘It’s very difficult, it’s going to take a while.’ I know exactly how she feels.”
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
North London pub alert The Salusbury review — another posh pub but I’m not complaining www.thetimes.com/article/2fc7...
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The Salusbury review — another posh pub but I’m not complaining
Charlotte Ivers has fun at an old-school boozer where people out for a fancy dinner rub shoulders with groups of lads four pints deep
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch speaks to The Sunday Times about: Those who wish to replace her with Robert Jenrick (“sore losers”) Racist critics suffering from “Kemi derangement syndrome” Nigel Farage: “bullshit artist” And the impact of the job on her family www.thetimes.com/article/0370...
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Kemi Badenoch: Racists say I reached the top because I’m black
The under-pressure Tory leader says some critics are suffering from ‘Kemi derangement syndrome’. She takes aim at people who call her lazy, Nigel Farage and the ‘sore losers’ talking up Robert Jenrick...
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The story of my two Oasis gigs 16 years apart? I’m becoming my mum www.thetimes.com/article/bc8c...
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The story of my two Oasis gigs 16 years apart? I’m becoming my mum
The Gallaghers’ reunion brought 80,000 fans together for a night of communal bonding — a collective experience that will live with them forever
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The Kerfield Arms restaurant review: ‘Is the menu designed for weaning babies?’ www.thetimes.com/article/e8cb...
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The Kerfield Arms restaurant review: ‘Is the menu designed for weaning babies?’
There are flashes of genius at this Camberwell gastropub, says Charlotte Ivers — if you can look past all the soup
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Lupa restaurant review: a terrific trattoria from a White Lotus star in Highbury www.thetimes.com/article/ea64...
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Lupa restaurant review: a terrific trattoria from a White Lotus star
The actor Theo James has opened a Roman restaurant in Highbury. Charlotte Ivers joins him for some ‘remarkable’ porchetta
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Camp madness in Manchester, and coming soon in London Fenix review: ‘A large, brash cabaret of a thing — good for them’ www.thetimes.com/article/0d8b...
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Fenix review: ‘A large, brash cabaret of a thing — good for them’
Charlotte Ivers finds a Greek temple of excess in an office block in Manchester
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Home SW15 review: ‘A restaurant you’d want as your local’ www.thetimes.com/article/fb97...
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Home SW15 review: ‘A restaurant you’d want as your local’
A tip from the news desk sends Charlotte Ivers to Putney, and what a scoop!
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Fat Badger, Notting Hill. Very chic, great food. One of the best new openings of the year. The Fat Badger review: ‘The genius is that it seems so simple — it isn’t’ www.thetimes.com/article/40ff...
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The Fat Badger review: ‘The genius is that it seems so simple — it isn’t’
Charlotte Ivers’s posh pub lunch in Notting Hill might be the best one she’s had yet
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Have been getting into watching films, basically from a standing start, at the age of 30. It’s been lovely but it does mean I keep saying things like “Hey did you know these guys the Coen brothers? They make really good films!” Absolute clownshow behaviour.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Game changer noodle situation in Chinatown Noodle and Beer review — ‘It’s a little bit magical’ www.thetimes.com/article/a4bc...
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Noodle and Beer review — ‘It’s a little bit magical’
Skip the tourist traps and bring your date to this winner in Chinatown instead, says Charlotte Ivers
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Sometimes you just walk into a restaurant and think YES. THIS. THIS IS IT. www.thetimes.com/article/8078...
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One Club Row review — ‘Nowhere on earth could possibly be more fun’
New York comes to London. Book it now, before everyone else does, says Charlotte Ivers
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
South London on sea www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fift...
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Fifteen Square Metres review: ‘A MasterChef finalist with big ideas’
Charlotte Ivers heads to Broadstairs to see what marvels materialise in Tony Rodd’s tiny kitchen
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Just been at a bougie coffee shop and they have espresso tonic on the menu which has reminded me I used to host ‘espresso martini nights’ at university where I’d dissolve instant coffee in basics gin and add tonic water. Halcyon days.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Lower Marsh in Waterloo. Pedestrianised and clearly with very chill licensing laws. Even the greengrocer has people on tables outside drinking wine! More of this! A more fun world is possible!
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
New episode of wine times! open.spotify.com/episode/5uqH...
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Dessert wines and apple crumble
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Janda Diner, Peckham review: ‘I needed it to deliver — and it did’ www.thetimes.com/article/7d79...
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Janda Diner, Peckham review: ‘I needed it to deliver — and it did’
Once hidden in a tin can behind a pub, this Malaysian restaurant has now moved to a bigger home. Is it still as special, asks Charlotte Ivers
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Oh this is awful - Pembrokeshire Council are trying (successfully so far) to close down this wonderful restaurant I reviewed only last Sunday. If you have visited, think you might want to, or just care about good restaurants, please do write to the address they advise.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Paternoster Farm www.thetimes.com/article/ac8f...
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Paternoster Farm: ‘Extremely good — and the chef’s a divorce lawyer’
Michelle Evans used to be a big city lawyer. Now she’s making her case in a kitchen in remote Pembrokeshire
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Put your phone away www.thetimes.com/article/d291...
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As I watched people glued to their phones I realised — we are forgetting how to talk
Conversation is a muscle that needs exercise. We will struggle to get it back if we lose it
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Affordable Japanese food ✅ In Soho ✅ All your umami dreams come true ✅ www.thetimes.com/article/7dd6...
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Himi review: ‘You won’t find better Japanese food for this price’
If you’re a fan of umami, this restaurant is paradise, writes Charlotte Ivers
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Delighted to be co-hosting this series of Wine Times with @Will_Lyons. Each episode we’ll be talking wine, food and the gaps between meals that make up life. Starting with a classic: wines to go with cheese. I’d love if you’d give it a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/338d...
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Enjoy three wines with cheese (including Camembert!)
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Oh sure but when I pitch that column idea it’s ’upsetting your colleagues’ and ‘a bit weird that you keep bringing that up every week’
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
This week’s restaurant review is written in praise of those who keep slogging away for years, in pursuit of excellence, and achieve it. www.thetimes.com/article/44d4...
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Wilsons restaurant review: everything is delightful at this Michelin-star restaurant
Great food and no table-cloth faffing at this Bristol restaurant — what’s not to like, says Charlotte Ivers
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This week’s restaurant review!
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
In pursuit of Britain’s favourite food: the chicken wing (no paywall) www.thetimes.com/article/99e5...
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Wingmans restaurant review: ‘I’d take a 16-hour flight for this chicken’
Charlotte Ivers falls for a quintessentially British success story: posh chicken wings
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My friends the paywall is down which means you could - if the mood took you - get all your restaurant recommendations at once without spending a single penny. Archive here: www.thetimes.com/profile/char...
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Most exciting new restaurant right now Skof restaurant review: ‘Every detail is perfect’ www.thetimes.com/article/d638...
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Skof restaurant review: ‘Every detail is perfect’
Charlotte Ivers is dazzled by a Manchester restaurant from Simon Rogan’s protégé
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Pleasing visit to west London for a restaurant pretending to be a pub, but luckily it’s a good restaurant so that doesn’t matter much www.thetimes.com/article/7a97...
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Prince Arthur restaurant review: ‘Dishes I’d pay a premium for’
Charlotte Ivers and the bloke from the Devonshire walk into a pub… with fish on ice, a caviar menu and £10 eggs
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Pleasing visit to west London for a restaurant pretending to be a pub, but luckily it’s a good restaurant so that doesn’t matter much www.thetimes.com/article/7a97...
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Prince Arthur restaurant review: ‘Dishes I’d pay a premium for’
Charlotte Ivers and the bloke from the Devonshire walk into a pub… with fish on ice, a caviar menu and £10 eggs
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On turning thirty www.thetimes.com/article/52a9...
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What have I learnt at 30? How to order wine and cook roast potatoes
I’ve updated my advice to my 18-year-old self. Here are my tips on everything from relationships to socialising
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Against my better judgement, I toddled briefly back into political journalism this week to exclusively bring you the news that Rachel Reeves denies removing the service charge from her restaurant bill at Browns. www.thetimes.com/article/f64d...
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Fake news of the chancellor and the service charge
The rumour that Rachel Reeves skipped leaving a tip after a £300 meal dishes up a portrait of modern Britain
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
A perfect, modern neighbourhood Italian in the Venice of England www.thetimes.com/article/4d99...
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Tropea restaurant review: a neighbourhood Italian fit for a mayor
Charlotte Ivers heads to the former metro mayor Andy Street’s favourite lunch spot in Birmingham
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Chris Evans, hero of my people 🫡
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Call now to give to charity, chat to me and receive great karma!
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Hoping they all see this and act accordingly 🙏
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
omg everyone at the inauguration put your phones away stop filming this is so classless do you think you’re at like a school sports day?
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Best thing about my job is every now and again you come across a restaurant that is truly joyful and deserves a thousand times more exposure, and you get to give a bit of that. Chapel Market Kitchen, in Angel, Islington, is one of those restaurants. www.thetimes.com/article/ffa9...
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Chapel Market Kitchen review: ‘I think I’ll go back tomorrow’
Mediterranean flavours in north London leave Charlotte Ivers feeling warm and fuzzy inside
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
The darts! I love it! The beautiful game! Slightly perturbed as to where the picture editor found that photo in the archives but we move. www.thetimes.com/article/3e57...
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Darts is the true beautiful game. Just ask Luke Littler’s lad army
Charlotte Ivers: Outsiders thought darts was boorish and boozy. Now it’s just boozy, and reflecting modern masculinity to boot
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Michael Donaghy - Resolution
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Unbelievable game of darts going on rn. Yelled at the tv alone in my flat several times.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Glad tidings unto us all, I bring you the gift of my list of the best restaurants I went to this year, so you can go too www.thetimes.com/article/8f8f...
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The best restaurants of 2024 — according to Charlotte Ivers
A year of great lunches, dinners and the odd brunch. Here’s where you should book in 2025
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Save Latin! www.thetimes.com/article/838b...
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If Latin dies out in state schools, so does a world of opportunity. That’s the veritas
Latin speaks to teenagers in a way other languages can’t. A classical education can bring practical benefits too
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
One of my worst and most annoying opinions (they are many) is that Christmas Lights by Coldplay and It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas by Pet Shop Boys are the best Christmas songs. Christmas is a time for MELANCHOLY we all know this.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Power POWERFUL energy to be able to blurb your own book
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, dinner the most fun. But lunch? Lunch is the reason to live, the light that shines in the darkness, the burst of joy amid mundanity and routine.
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Charlotte Ivers @charlotteivers.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Something beautifully exposing about letting a friend go through your Spotify end of year playlist. Like yes, I listen to a lot of Dire Straits and Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams is somehow in my top 50. See me fully, take me for all that I am and love me anyway 🤗
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