Le Pain Quotidien have left their London apron strings behind and ventured into deepest darkest Oxford. Their sparkling Bicester Village store is a perfect place to dump the bags and take a breath. Or, if you can’t bear to tear yourself away from the retail therapy, there’s…

I’ve never had much success eating at National Trust properties but I guess when you’re eating in the former kitchen of  a de Rothschild home, they really do pull out all the stops. Built in 1874, and modelled on a French Chateau Waddesdon Manor would display…