The Avon Gorge
As I checked into the Avon Gorge Hotel, the receptionist proceeded to point me out…
Author Toby 'Lawrence' White
The Henley Literary Festival 2015 Preview
While September usually heralds the gloom of back to school – for adults and children…
Bowmore and the Mizunara Cask Finish
East-West fusion is very much in vogue these days and among the more unusual -…
Smith & Wollensky, London
I must need my head examined. It’s the hottest day of the year so far…
The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015
Chelsea’s may be the oldest, the most famous and the one that gets all the…
Glyndebourne: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
I owe my appreciation of opera to the actor Tom Hulce. If the name doesn’t…
Jonathan Dove’s Flight at Opera Holland Park
There is an effect that Jonathan Dove’s Flight has that does something unlike anything one…
The Magna Carta Garden
No freeman is to be disseised of his tenement nor will we go against such…
The Greyhound on the Test
Stockbridge is the sort of town you should ride into on horseback. Much of the journey…
Sixtyone
I’ve long been of the opinion that restaurants in city hotels are unnecessary; why dine…
The New Istanbul: Raffles
I have never been tempted to avail myself of anything from a hotel suite before;…
A Satirical Repast at Scarfe’s
“How is it I know more about this place than you do, and I’m the…