Hampton Manor Revisited: A Restaurant With Rooms
The last couple of years have brought change upon change for Hampton Manor. This a…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Sunset Boulevard UK Tour
I am glad to have been born during the height of Andrew Lloyd-Weber’s popularity, when…
The Spa at Cliveden
There’s probably no other hotel spa with quite such a notorious pool. Yes, other ‘waters’…
Lympstone Manor by Michael Caines
Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines might boast a confusing surname, but he’s undoubtedly as much a…
Sri Lanka in Style: Santani Wellness Resort & Spa
It’s January. America buckles under well-below-zero temperatures, Blighty is gloomy, back-t0-work blues are taking hold…
Joyce DiDonato at Wigmore Hall
Sometimes it’s impossible to find words to describe music. Often it’s about what we feel,…
Flour and Grape
There is something profoundly admirable about a restaurant setting out its store in its name.…
Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus. Rape. Cannibalism. Extreme bloodshed. Hardly the recipe for a festive Christmas play. Add…
Hunt for the Cheshire Cat
It’s not every Saturday that you’re set a challenge by a Cheshire Cat with attitude.…
The English Grill at Rubens at the Palace
The large dining room hung with chandeliers and gilt-framed paintings belonging to the newly launched…