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Zak Asgard

Zak Asgard

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The sad decline of BYOB

London’s food scene is a Petri dish of Michelin-starred bistros, gastropubs, and overpriced tourist traps where waiters crouch by the table and call...

03.04.2024 20

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Posh, privileged and fraudulent: meet the slangster

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26.03.2024 10

New Statesman

Zak Asgard

The trouble with apple cider vinegar

The snake oil salesman is back in town with an old favourite: apple cider vinegar – or ACV as it’s called by those in the know. The...

22.03.2024 5

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Holidays / It’s time to ditch the all-inclusive

There are some who would love to spend an eternity by a pool in Spain dancing the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ until they pass out on a sun lounger. There are...

13.03.2024 10

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Seeing stars / America has warped our minds

Churchill immortalised the phrase the ‘special relationship’ in his 1946 ‘Sinews of Peace’ address. He was talking about the UK and the US....

31.01.2024 20

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Island of wealth / There’s something sad about Sandbanks

I’ve always had a soft spot for the English seaside. It’s idiosyncratic, a little kitschy, a little gross. There are those pre-war beach...

09.01.2024 6

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Hell is a Christmas market

It’s that time of year. The sound of a Silesian Bratwurst connecting with cold lips. A security guard getting aggy with the actor playing ‘the...

18.12.2023 30

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Takeaway tragedy / The despair of Deliveroo

Self-pity and Deliveroo go hand in hand. You can’t have the latter without the former. It’s impossible to watch a rain-drenched driver fight with...

27.11.2023 6

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Staycation / Nothing beats the Great British caravan holiday

Air travel isn’t what it used to be. I think we can all admit that. Those of us who don’t fly British Airways on a regular basis understand the...

08.11.2023 20

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Crocs vs Birkenstocks / The great clog divide

What we put on our feet says a lot about a person. Shoes define our character. There are shoes that breathe, shoes for diving, shoes for driving,...

11.10.2023 4

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

Pub bores / The worst open mic night of my life

A lonely microphone. A sound system that would have been impressive in the late 1990s. The smell of athlete’s foot and the contents of a Nobby’s...

06.10.2023 20

The Spectator

Zak Asgard

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