David Mellor’s Café, Hathersage, Derbyshire
After World War II, Britain embarked on a huge design and construction programme to regenerate the country.The emphasis was on clean, fresh, modern design, sweeping way the remnants of pre-war, […]
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The Durham Ox, Crayke, North Yorkshire
About a hundred years ago we went to a nice little village pub in Ashwell or Abington Piggots or some such, Hertfordshire, after a walk across the fields from Steeple […]
Royal Hotel, Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
There’s a great walk from Staithes along the edge of the cliffs to Runswick Bay. Marvellous scenery and bracing breezes give you a good appetite for lunch at either end. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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