Isla, Durham
Well, it’s not Yorkshire (soon be a new category, alongside England…Ed) but it’s but a short train ride. Durham – beautiful cathedral city (nine arches) and incredibly well respected university. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2026
Hansom, Bedale, North Yorkshire
So, when a famous restaurant critic [No Not Marina O’Loughlin…no, not Jay Rayner…Ed] turns up at your door, having begged a lift from some local… …and the further north you […]
Rovi, London
A bit of a retrospective on cookery books. So, after exactly twelve months since the virus came to visit us, the joy of “ooh” and “aah” over the way food […]
Henry’s, Bath
Bath…and its buildings. They never cease to amaze us. Not perfect, or particularly smart [1 bed flat on the Royal Crescent – £1m?] but acres and acres of them. Wimpey […]
Fish & Forest, York
Flushed with the success of a review in the Guardian / Times / friend of a friend of a friend, we find ourselves in York again. There’s no end to […]
Bettys, York and Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker
The wettest January on record (you heard it first here…Ed) ends with a trip to see Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana at the Grand Opera House in York. We’re definitely […]
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