Ashford Castle: A Jewel in the Emerald Isle
Hopping in a hire car at Dublin airport, the journey to Ireland’s most glamorous hotel,…
Yearly Archives: 2018
The Divide
Mention the name Alan Ayckbourn and most people think first of small-scale, often achingly funny,…
Vienna – A Visit En Famille
None of us meant to be ill. Not me, certainly, about to celebrate an unimportant…
To My Valentine, With Love…
There are many different Valentines; long-planned ones, late ones, simple-but-thoughtful ones, trying-to-be-different ones. There are…
Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet in Swan Lake
Returning to Theatre Royal Bath as part of an extensive UK tour, the hugely popular…
At Leisure with the Literati: The Bloomsbury
I had a surprise for Mrs L on her birthday. “Are we going shopping?” she…
Glenmorangie Private Edition No. 9: Spios
I don’t know what you were doing in 1984. Twinkle in the milkman’s eye, maybe.…
Four Seasons London at Ten Trinity Square
With the Tower of London and Tower Bridge situated opposite the hotel’s grand neoclassical entrance,…
Dublin: Conrad, Ophelia and I
“Hello, Miss Sander. This is Jack on reception. I’m calling to check that the furniture…
Time Flies at Coworth Park
A childish sense of delight fills one on entering the 240 acre estate of Coworth…
Tales from Oman, Part I
Stirling, our resident man with a camera, dusts off his pen and scribbles a few…
The Cary Arms, Devon
With its prime position above Babbacombe Bay near Torquay, The Cary Arms is understandably a…