Introducing…Qatar
Ever since Qatar won the 2022 world cup bid, I’ve had a hate-hate relationship with…
Yearly Archives: 2017
The Mint Room
You could hardly guess the culinary roller-coaster that awaits you on first seeing the rather…
The Eyes of My Mother
The Eyes of My Mother looked so unnerving that I actually avoided it at the…
To the Manor House Born
Castle Combe in Wiltshire, home to The Manor House Hotel, is a beautiful and historic…
The Miser
The Garrick Theatre’s new version of The Miser looks like a winning formula. London loves a…
Basque Brunch at Eneko
“To eat is to party,” chef Eneko Atxa tells us at the top of his…
Revolution at the Royal Academy
Art relies on change, on flux. As old methods become tarnished with use, artists seek…
Glorious Graubunden
Seasoned travellers will know that two peak seasons see Switzerland flooded with tourists. During the…
Poets House Hotel, Ely
From the depths of the bathtub you could be anywhere. Anywhere regal, at least. Anywhere…
No.15 Great Pulteney
Aside from the many chintzy B&Bs with alternating signs of ‘vacancies’ or ‘no vacancies’ in…
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
“We do on stage things that are supposed to happen off. Which is a kind…