Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, London
It’s a strange feeling, walking around London on the day that the House of Commons votes on whether to send our planes and bomb Syria. There’s almost an expectant air […]
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Holbeck Ghyll, Lake District
As the winter sets in we frequently join friends for a birthday or anniversary celebration – the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales [hurrah!] or London – and, almost without fail the […]
The Fuzzy Duck, Armscote
Well, first of all let’s be clear. As far as we can see Jay Rayner hasn’t been to the Fuzzy Duck before us – not that we can find. However, […]
Rooftop Restaurant, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
The famous cathedral in Stratford – aka The Royal Shakespeare Company’s recently extended and reconfigured building – sits majestically at the side of the River Avon. It doesn’t quite have […]
Le Langhe, York
We’ve avoided York for quite a while now. Perhaps we over did it? It’s always bustling with tourists and the universities have grown and expanded so it’s always busy. Once […]
Mediteran, Primosten, Croatia
Anyone venturing north from Split or Trogir by yacht, heading for the Kornati Islands, is well advised to use Primosten as a stopping off point. Its holding for anchoring isn’t […]
10 Greek Street London
In another in the series of the random, unresearched, let’s just pop in sort of place (so far successful) we walked in to 10 Greek Street for a pre-Ronnie Scott’s […]
Hotel de Paris et de la Poste, Sens
There was quite a good article in the Times on June 6th [subscribers only apparently for the website] about journeys from the French coast to all points south, with suggested stops […]
Babylon at The Roof Gardens, London
London in the 1960s and early 1970s was the place to be… the “happening place, man”. Unfortunately, we weren’t there. In spirit maybe, but not in the flesh. Too busy […]
Carpenters Arms, Felixkirk, North Yorkshire
Where to go for a quick supper on a Tuesday night in June? Many places now close both Monday and Tuesday, as well as Sunday evenings. Gone are the days […]
