Roka, Charlotte Street
London restaurants are rather like wine. None of them can last forever, but the best…
Author Alex Larman
Pompette
Pompette, n (French). Meaning: tipsy, tiddly, squiffy While my wife and I were walking up…
Charlie’s at Brown’s
There is something uniquely English and comforting about Brown’s hotel in Mayfair. Part of the…
Circolo Popolare
Readers of a certain vintage might remember the hyperbolic Hollywood adverts of the fifties and…
Strand Palace, London
Visiting hotels on a fairly regular business to review them is – I will be…
The Kitchen at Holmes
Are there many British icons that have produced more tired and pallid imitations than Sherlock…
Roast
If you stand by the impressive, glass-fronted vestibule of Roast restaurant, you can gaze out…
The White Hart, Fyfield
Oxfordshire is, as a county, not unblessed with high-quality pubs. This is a reflection both…
Blenheim: An Afternoon Well Spent
There are few places in England more worthy of a visit than Blenheim Palace, as…
Opera Tavern
Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!… There is always the worry with a restaurant situated near…
Twist Kitchen
I have lost count of the number of restaurants that claim to offer some stable…
A Suffolk Adventure, Part II – Walberswick & Aldeburgh
If Southwold is the sublime seaside town of your dreams, the village of Walberswick, a…