It started with a lie. When Tom Kerridge and his wife Beth wanted to take over a pub in Marlow, they told the bank it was for a house extension. The truth was less mortgage-friendly: they used the ...

Eating in a pub used to be a question of a bag of crisps, nuts, or at best, some scampi in a basket. But now they offer restaurant-class food and, to prove the point, a pub yesterday became the first ...

Best-selling dishes: Braised shin of beef (£15.50), Oxfordshire fillet steak with Hand & Flowers chips, Béarnaise sauce (£22). New for 2008: New pub kitchen; launch of demo kitchen and cookery ...

As we head into the height of the holiday season, one thing is certain: It will be stressful. But there's one easy addition to the home that just might help soothe the anxiety and help joy shine ...

The breezy welcome and brick dining room had us thinking the Hand & Flowers might simply be a nice gastropub. It is nice, with its bouncy young staff and contented diners, but its pub days are past.