Moshimo has been lauded as one of the UK’s best sushi restaurants and as a Brighton institution, a reputation that is perhaps partly down to its impressive ability to tick many boxes for many different people. It’s a casual conveyor-belt sushi diner that doubles as an elegant venue for an intimate dinner; an expert in traditional Japanese cuisine that isn’t scared to experiment with fusion flavours; and a sustainable seafood specialist that also champions plant-based eating.

It seems oddly fitting that the UK’s first museum dedicated to the topic of migration has yet to find its own permanent home. London’s newest museum began life four years ago as a series of temporary exhibitions and events, before moving to its current venue in spring this year. It’s now housed in The Workshop, Lambeth, a cavernous arts space in a South London borough that has historically been, and continues to be, a destination for many migrants.

Brighton’s seaside strip is better known for its holiday atmosphere than its food scene, which is dominated (with a few notable exceptions) by sub-par chippies and run-of-the-mill burger bars. It's quintessential British seaside fare, and has its place, especially in the summer months when the promenade heaves with out-of-towners. But ask any local where they’d recommend for a meal on the beachfront and it’s highly likely that they’ll point you in the direction of Lucky Beach, a sustainably run cafe where the food is as remarkable as the sea view.

5000 Years of Indian Innovation uses artifacts to tell the stories of the science of the subcontinent, from the ancient cities of the Indus Valley civilization through to the achievements of today’s Indian space program. In doing so, 5000 Years of Innovation aims to give visitors a better understanding of India’s role in the shared global history of science.

Apparently an obsession with social media, Instagram culture and a ‘live to eat’ attitude are to blame as, according to one study, the millennial generation views food less as a necessity than as a social currency. But are young people really too busy taking pictures of their dinner to actually eat it? I don’t buy it.

Farmers are increasingly being encouraged to diversify into new areas in order to generate additional income, be it through tourism, green energy or alternative livestock. Stories of successful ventures abound in the media, and the message to farmers seems to be that they should expect to adapt and diversify if they want to survive. But if diversification is really the future of farming, what does this mean for farmers?

In June 2016, the Prince’s Countryside Fund published a report that posed the question ‘Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?’ The British dairy industry may offer one sobering answer. Figures released in 2016 by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) show that in the beleaguered British dairy sector, one in 10 farms were forced to close between 2013 and 2016 – over 1,000 farms in three years.

Public, media and corporate awareness of the need to tackle food waste appears to be higher than ever, but evidence suggests that despite this growing awareness, efforts to cut household food waste in the UK seem to have stalled. Research published last month by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) revealed that not only did the UK government fail to reach its target for cutting household food waste in 2015, but UK households actually threw away more food per person than in 2012.

According to research by the charity WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), the amount of food that is wasted annually in UK pubs and restaurants is equivalent to throwing away one in every six of the eight billion meals served each year. Now, a new generation of chefs and restaurateurs are taking action on food waste, and by developing new ways of working, issue a challenge to the UK restaurant industry: do things better. 

It stands to reason that you ought to be able to enjoy a decent fish dinner in a seaside town, and so much the better if the seafood is locally caught, the produce is seasonal and you can ogle the sea from your table. The Jetty, then, which opened on the ground floor of Brighton’s seafront Harbour Hotel in July this year, is full of promise. The concept is imported from Dorset, where Jetty Brighton’s sister restaurant has just been awarded the title of UK Seafood Restaurant of the Year.

Brighton is abuzz in summer, but as hordes of out-of-towners descend on the beach, it can be nice to head out of the city and explore the surrounding area, from the rolling hills of the South Downs to the dramatic cliffs of Seven Sisters. And as every Brit knows, at the end of each mini adventure awaits a good pub.

Liverpool has big plans for a ‘New Chinatown’ – but what will this mean for the area’s existing Chinese community? As the Year of the Monkey gets underway, work is set to begin on an ambitious £200 million project to regenerate Liverpool’s Chinatown. The plans for the long-vacant Tribeca fields site offer a modern vision for a ‘New Chinatown’, which will include 850 new residential units, a hotel, restaurants and a specialist Chinese-themed retail area.

As the exhibition Art From Elsewhere opens in Bristol, Copyright considers the role art can play in broadening our global perspective. ‘I tried very hard to cut the sky in half,’ proclaims Shilpa Gupta’s artwork There is No Border Here. Seen from a distance, the work is an anonymous yellow flag drawn against a wall. As the viewer moves closer, it is revealed that the flag is actually a visual poem and, drawing nearer still, it becomes apparent that the lines themselves are composed of a

Brighton has a reputation as an image-conscious city and this often extends to the dining scene, which offers all kinds of fashionable options from bartop dining to small sharing plates, from savoury cocktails to burger joints lit more like nightclubs. It’s all part of the fabric of a city that knows it looks good, and the variety is something we love about this town. Often, though, it’s just nice to have dinner somewhere that isn’t trying too hard to be cool.

Until recently much of the buzz of Brighton’s dining scene has been generated by mid-range and budget establishments – by vegetarian cafes, gourmet burger joints and food festival stalls. The past year, however, has seen a flurry of activity at the (formerly fairly staid) upper end of the market, with a number of experimental pop-ups (Thai–Spanish fusion tapas anyone?) and restaurants appearing, aiming to capitalise on the city’s reputation as a home for the open-minded and non-conformist.

With the increasing need for businesses to operate in an environmentally conscious way, the restaurant industry is being put under the sustainability spotlight. Fortunately, this could be good news for restaurateurs, as well as the environment.

Despite its beauty, the province of Kodagu in the Indian state of Karnataka remains a world away from the well-worn backpacker circuit, still more popular with domestic tourists on weekend getaways from the southern cities of Bengaluru and Mangalore than with foreign travellers. Kodagu, formerly known as Coorg, is a region of wild forested mountains in the lush Western Ghats. The area was famously praised by the author Dervla Murphy, who declared it a ‘Garden of Eden’ in her famous travelogue On a Shoestring to Coorg, which recounted her journeys through the region in the early 1970s.

A new veg hero, an awful lot of offal and Instagrammable food: we take a look at what’s hotting up in the Asian restaurant world in 2016.

This autumn, Bristol-based charity Unseen launched a hotline to deal with reports of modern slavery. Kathleen Steeden discovers how slavery still exists in the city, over 200 years since it was officially abolished. Bristol is a city built on the profits of the transatlantic slave trade, but it’s not afraid to accept the part it played in this dark period of human history.

Drawing on the talents of Bristol’s creative tech community, as well as its status as a city of sanctuary, Bristol Refugee Hackday will explore ways that digital technology can be used to help the city’s refugees and asylum seekers. This two-day workshop will take place at Trinity Centre on 24 and 25 June as part of Bristol Refugee Week. The Hackday will bring together people with technical, coding, social media and web skills, as well as those who have experience or an understanding of the iss