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Luke Blackall

@lukeblackall

Luke Blackall edits the i's Caught and Social column.

Graffiti takes pride of place in Marseille
Europe

A late-night graffiti stroll around Marseille (with help from Google

Food and Drink

Man About Town: Chiltern Firehouse and lesser-seen restaurant that

Mark Flanagan, chef to the Queen, with Cristeta Comerford, chef for President Obama
Food and Drink

Man About Town: Abramovic's young fans, and the chefs to the world's

Fireworks burst around the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of France's annual Bastille Day celebrations
Food and Drink

Man About Town: Bastille Day made me realise, other countries'

Fireworks burst around the Eiffel Tower in Paris as part of France's annual Bastille Day celebrations
Food and Drink

Man About Town: Bastille Day made me realise, other countries'

Food and Drink

Man About Town: 'Bringing chemistry to drinking is becoming

TV & Radio

Man About Town: 'Was that bid for £55,000 or £60,000?' 'Oh

People

Man About Town: A makeover as Daphne’s turns 50

People

Man About Town: Critics given a taste of their own...

People

Dionne Warwick seizes phone from audience member during Arts Club gig

Food & Drink

11 best Father’s Day gifts for drink lovers

People

Man About Town: How we could flush out these phoney art fans

News

Man About Town: Getting in the Whitehall state of mind

News

Man About Town: Getting in the Whitehall state of mind

People

Man About Town: A Wembley day out tinged with anxiety

People

Man About Town: Cheaper food that’s really hot stuff

Alain Ducasse has collected 18 Michelin stars across the world
News

Man About Town: The aim is clear - to remind diners of their summers

News

Man About Town meets Man at the Top: Chef/restaurateur Jason Atherton

News

Man About Town meets Man at the Top: Chef/restaurateur Jason Atherton

News

Man About Town: My night of the living dead

News

Man About Town: Ride a mechanical bull on live TV? All in a day's work

Every big supermarket delivers to your door, everything you need to survive
News

Man About Town: Food delivery may be the future – but I’m going

Luke Blackall interviews Cameron Diaz on the red carpet for the premiere of 'The Other Woman'
News

Man About Town: Getting Cameron Diaz on camera as London went Live

Ricky Gervais at a screening of "The Muppets Most Wanted"
News

Man About Town: How I finally cornered Ricky Gervais

Comment

Man About Town: Clubs cater for all tastes – even bean baths

Karl Lagerfeld walks the runway during the Chanel Spring / Summer 2013 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Grand Palais on October 2, 2012 in Paris, France.
Comment

Man about town: Karl Lagerfeld was late to the launch of his European

Logo and ironwork over the entrance of The Ritz Hotel on February 17, 2011 in London, England.
Comment

Man about town: Bubbles at The Ritz

Comment

Man About Town: Clubs cater for all tastes – even bean baths

Karl Lagerfeld walks the runway during the Chanel Spring / Summer 2013 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Grand Palais on October 2, 2012 in Paris, France.
Comment

Man about town: Karl Lagerfeld was late to the launch of his European

Logo and ironwork over the entrance of The Ritz Hotel on February 17, 2011 in London, England.
Comment

Man about town: Bubbles at The Ritz

The chef Hélène Darroze stirs up a dish to satisfy any gourmand
Comment

Man about Town: These ingredients were special, but it's what you do

Comment

Man about Town: These ingredients were special, but it's what you do

The chef Hélène Darroze stirs up a dish to satisfy any gourmand
Philip McGinley and Emily Atack in ‘Almost Married’
Features

Backstage: From Ben Cookson's chance meeting in the loos to the big

Nile Rodgers performing on stage at the Indigo2, London
Comment

Man about Town: Stars of the 70s show their class

Anne Hathaway (brown coat) and Rita Everett are employed as grape pickers at Gusborne (they use money to supplement their pensions)
Features

Pick of the bunch: Sparkling wines from Kent's Gusbourne Estates are

Features

Backstage: Former RSC chief Sir Michael Boyd goes à la carte for his

Features

Backstage: Former RSC chief Sir Michael Boyd goes à la carte for his

Comment

Man about town: The art of service is back in fashion

Director Kevin Macdonald has slammed literary fiction for being too dull
Features

Backstage: Directors turn to teen fiction for inspiration

Comment

Man about town: Man v Food v Obesity

Features

Backstage: No wedding bells for ballet’s Brangelina?

News

Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun warns star to ‘be better’

News

Sienna Miller admits she ‘sabotaged’ her Hollywood prospects due

Comment

Man about town: Fuerzabruta tops Cirque du Soleil

Features

Photographer Richard Young wonders where the good times went

Food & Drink

Burns Night: 10 best Scotch whiskies

Comment

Man about town: Get ready for Burns Night with haggis

Sir Derek Jacobi will sit for a live sculpture
Features

Backstage: Busted! Sir Derek Jacobi to sit for live sculpture

Features

Backstage: Busted! Sir Derek Jacobi to sit for live sculpture

Sir Derek Jacobi will sit for a live sculpture
Comment

Man About Town: The world's most expensive mulled wine

Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in a scene from August: Osage County
Features

Backstage: Who dares tell Meryl Streep how to act? Step up George

Baby zoom: Bugaboos represent the kind of hi-tech savvy seen in an increasing number of baby products
Tech

The rise of goo-goo gadgets: Hey baby, nice wheels!

Comment

Man About Town: Would I make it as a crepe master?

Comment

Man About Town: Would I make it as a crepe master?

Andy Burrows tested his songs on his daughter, Chloe
Features

Backstage: Snowman pair get a kid’s view from Chloe’s criticism

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Food & Drink

Bottoms up: 10 best alcoholic gifts for Christmas 2013

Comment

Man about town: I thought I should give cigars a try

Features

Backstage: No National Theatre top job for Americans, says Kevin

Features

Iron age: Bodybuilder and champion rower Charles Eugster, 94, isn't

Ed Miliband told Kirsty Young his relationship with brother David was 'healing'
Features

Desert Island Discs: A chance for public to see into political leaders

Gabe Day in his video for 'Green Auras'
News

Backstage: Introducing Gabe Day - just don’t call him Day-Lewis....

Karl Morgan teaching Movement Warriors class at the BalletBoyz studio
Healthy Living

Fitness: BalletBoyz's Movement Warriors classes; Christmas gift ride;

Comment

Man about town: If tyres can be sexy, Greggs can be sociable

Comment

Man about Town: Knitted wombs for a Friday night out

Features

Bryan Adams’ book 'Wounded: The Legacy of War' shows the silent

Features

Bryan Adams’ book 'Wounded: The Legacy of War' shows the silent

News

The toast of Sotherby's: Grand Vintage collection of Moët & Chandon

Comment

Man about town: Everyone's a critic these days

Natalie Casey stars in In The Next Room
Features

Director of 'the most orgasm-saturated play ever written' hopes for a

Do you have tattoos and want a partner who likes them? At tattoodating.co.uk, you know instantly
Romance & Passion

The Saturday Miscellany: Super-niche dating sites; how to complain;

Do you have tattoos and want a partner who likes them? At tattoodating.co.uk, you know instantly
Romance & Passion

The Saturday Miscellany: Super-niche dating sites; how to complain;

Comment

Man About Town: Through the keyhole and into the kitchen

David Suchet plays Agatha Christie detective Poirot
News

David Suchet: 'Sign me up to Poirot the film'

Green day out: Copenhagen is hugely proud of the Tivoli gardens
Comment

Substance and style, I can see why Denmark is the happiest country on

Director Diablo Cody attends the premiere of DirecTV's 'Paradise'
Art

Diablo Cody says directing films is incompatible with motherhood

Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Blue is the Warmest Colour
News

Blue is the Warmest Colour's Léa Seydoux: 'The media made too much of

Comment

Man about Town: Should you drink hard booze over dinner?

Americas

American TV evangelist Pat Robertson slams low-carb diets for

Comment

Man about town: Marion Cotillard's publicist is rude - and she's not

Frank Sinatra
News

Mia Farrow admits that Frank Sinatra could be the father of her son

Tech

The Saturday Miscellany: 'Auto-Hope'n'Change'; chuggers; how to get

Helen Fielding poses for Vogue; the writer's new instalment of Bridget Jones
News

'A woman's sell-by date is getting later and later': Helen Fielding on

Features

Seeking a new position? The book title that promises a whole new

The Groucho Club
Comment

The demise of the exclusive London nightclub? Not if these new places

The Groucho Club
Comment

The demise of the exclusive London nightclub? Not if these new places

DIY exercise: an Instructor Live user takes a class from home with online guidance
Healthy Living

World wide workout: Transatlantic workouts; Alpine Challenge; Adidas

The Meadham Kirchhoff spring/summer show at London Fashion Week was faintly 'unsettling'
Comment

Man about Town: The fashion world doesn't run late

The Groucho Club
Comment

The demise of the exclusive London nightclub? Not if these new places

DIY exercise: an Instructor Live user takes a class from home with online guidance
Healthy Living

World wide workout: Transatlantic workouts; Alpine Challenge; Adidas

The Meadham Kirchhoff spring/summer show at London Fashion Week was faintly 'unsettling'
Comment

Man about Town: The fashion world doesn't run late

Moziah Bridges is the latest in a line of boy style icons, whose look can be described as 'gentleman-child'
Features

The Saturday Miscellany: Fashion boy wonders; filter coffee; how to

Sofie Grabol as Sarah Lund
News

Battle of the detectives: Sherlock Holmes v The Killing's Sarah Lund

Comment

Man about Town: The grand opening...of an oyster shell

Is our Man About Town dodging in or out of frame?
Comment

Man About Town: A photobombers guide to glory

Illustration by Christophe Blain about Alain Passard's restaurant L’Arpège
Features

Graphic novel meets cook book in comic tribute to Alain Passard's

Comment

Man About Town: What type of building will we convert into a bar next?

Simon Cowell (C) with Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Liam Payne from One Direction attend the 'One Direction This Is Us' world premiere
Comment

I wouldn't be surprised if One Direction were part of a government

News

Top Boy star Ashley Walters chides black UK actors for ‘running away

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