Russell Norman forever changed what it means to dine out in London

It is difficult to overstate what Russell Norman, the restaurateur who on Thursday died aged 57, did for London dining — and in turn, for dining across Britain. The list isn’t endless, but it is long enough. 

There are the headline acts — he introduced Britain to the idea that sharing plates might mean more than tapas; he revitalised the ; he rid us, for a while, of reservations — but it was the subtler things, too. Those filament bulbs everywhere? Very Russell Norman. Wine in tumblers? So Russell — and all the better if they came out of the Duralex factory. He championed lampshades, hated