The Arts Club, Dover Street, London
Christmas is a time for celebrating with friends and colleagues – this year is was Annabel’s in Mayfair [phew] – but, if you’re lucky enough to have a friend who’s […]
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The Sandpiper Inn, Leyburn, North Yorkshire
Normally there’s only one choice for eating at the eastern end of Wensleydale – the Blue Lion at East Witton – and that’s where we were for lunch on the Friday […]
Locanda Santi Apostoli, Venezia
At this time of year we’re looking forward to sunshine and longer days, light evenings and warmth. We have several friends who manage to escape to warmer places in the […]
Gribdale and Captain Cook’s Monument, North Yorkshire
No, there wasn’t any snow on Christmas Day, but the day was fine and dry and, although the promised sunshine was more than a little weak, it was a good […]
Yorebridge House, North Yorkshire
Finding good places in the Yorkshire Dales isn’t all that difficult [except during the few glorious days of the TDF 2014] so when a new place opens it faces some […]
Wit’s End Café, Sandsend, North Yorkshire
“The best café in North Yorkshire” So says the website and who are we to argue [mind you, there’s Bettys…] but Sandsend is a pretty good setting. The North Yorkshire […]
Quaglino’s, London
We grew up with Habitat, Terrance Conran’s innovative design shops, started in 1964 in Chelsea. By the early 1970s they’d reached Manchester and our home and office looked like a […]
The Ivy, London
We were reading a review of The Colony Grill Room by Giles Coren in the Times today, the new hotel restaurant at the Beaumont Hotel. This is the latest venture of Jeremy […]
Sunshine Bakery, C.A, [Leeds]
That’s a nice touch – “Sunshine Bakery CA” – makes you think of, well, California of course. It really means Chapel Allerton, a nice trendy, young professional type of place […]
Le Deuxième, Covent Garden, London
Want a really good, reliable post (or pre) theatre restaurant in the heart of Covent Garden? Look no further than Le Deuxième. A low key restaurant on Long Acre not […]
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