Sa Qua Na, Honfleur
The north coast of Brittany and Normandy has a quite unique character, redolent of the great days of seaside holidays from the Victorian period [in England] when villas were built […]
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The Star at Harome, North Yorkshire
If you’re a bit anorakish [is that a word…ed?] then you can go round looking at roof tiles and trying to spot what happened in the evolution of buildings. Many […]
Gaspard de la Nuit, Paris
France has been in the news a bit recently so it reminded us of a couple of small excellent restaurants. We like the Marais, that small, neat, discreet area of Paris […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kinloch Lodge, Skye
Kinloch Lodge nestles at the foot of Kinloch Hill on the tranquil shoreline of the sea-loch Na Dal in Sleat on the “wildly romantic” Isle of Skye. It’s the highland […]
