Café Murano, London
After a long day at Hampton Court we don’t want to stray too far from the hotel. We’re staying the Covent Garden hotel in, you guessed it, Covent Garden. We’ve […]
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Fourth Floor Restaurant, Harvey Nichols, Leeds
Tonight was Small Island by Andrea Levy, at the (recently renamed) Leeds Playhouse. There’s a smart new entrance with café at (busy) road level, very handy for the access 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 […]
J Sheekey, London
It’s been nearly ten years since the last J Sheekey entry – though not the last visit. Yes, it was a post-theatre visit but this time it was post matinee […]
Zaap, Leeds
Fresh from the success of the opera in Verona we reprised the experience at the Grand in Leeds. It’s a bit of an odd venue. Certainly not highbrow, it features […]
The Royal Oak, Keswick, Cumbria
We set off to support the Cumbrian economy, devastated by the winter floods which left the main Keswick to Windermere road closed [the A591], necessitating a long [though picturesque and […]
House at the National Theatre, London
In the little town where we live in North Yorkshire there are lots – dozens, hundreds [don’t exaggerate…ed] of places you can have coffee. Shops, supermarkets, garden centres, farmer’s stores, pie […]
Covent Garden Hotel, London
Most of the time we try to stay in interesting places – hotels, apartments, villas, chalets, even the odd B&B – but sometimes you just have to stay in nice […]
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 […]
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 […]
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