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Nick Lander – aka Mr Jancis Robinson – was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Now, every Sunday, he writes about restaurants exclusively for us, with occasional contributions from other food-obsessed members of the JancisRobinson.com team.
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Lebanon in London
Londoners can savour this war-torn country on the plate and by the scoop, Nick points out. The news that there is currently extensive fighting in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has effectively...
Nick Lander
Sunday 15 March 2026
• 1 min read
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