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Friday, 14 June 2013

Miloš delivers Spanish heat at The Anvil ... though a lot less than expected

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The popularity of the UK's Classic FM ... which treats classical music like the modern stuff, with song-length excerpts of the best bits...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

My English garden starts sinking some roots

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I officially declare my garden OPEN. We gained a lot by buying a new-built house on a modern estate.  Square footage.  Energy efficiency...
Monday, 3 June 2013

A woman's name belongs above this three-star door

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There are currently four restaurants in the UK holding three Michelin Stars.  Only one of them is run by a female chef.  Sadly, it's Gor...
Saturday, 25 May 2013

Chelsea celebrates its centenary by going deeply traditional

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After one of the coldest, wettest winters on record, we had a stunner of an early May Bank Holiday.  Warm, calm and sunny, it teased us with...
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Book of Mormon and Don Carlo share the London stage, and a poke at religion

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On first glance, you wouldn't imagine there was anything linking them. The Book of Mormon.  A rollicking, wickedly satirical musical f...
Monday, 6 May 2013

May bank holiday brings a verdant explosion

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Few things are rarer than a British bank holiday with good weather.  It was a rainy bank holiday that triggered this blog's first entry ...
Saturday, 27 April 2013

First chef's table (at Corrigan's Mayfair) a culinary disappointment

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I'd been wanting to get to a chef's table for a long while.  Just about every top restaurant in Europe seems to have one these days....
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