Desert Heart 2018/Lasagne:
No. 189
The best party in London is called Dessert Heart and happens just after Ireland traditionally beat England at the rugger, third Saturday of March. Highlights from a night of voltaic...
My visit to Roganic and Nuala
No. 188
The first thing I noticed about Simon Rogan’s latest London venture Roganic which opened its doors at the beginning of this week, was a team of enthusiastic staff, all with...
The Underground Cookery School -Top 20 restaurants of the year
No. 187
People are always asking where my favourite places to eat in London are, so here you go…fill ya boots son. Of the places I’ve been to this year my top...
Houghton Festival-Norfolk 2017
No. 186
Two years ago at my last ever Glastonbury, before all that politics nonsense, I was lucky enough to follow Craig Richards down the rabbit hole. As a musical version of...
ELO Wembley- Bouillabaisse
No. 185
This weekend I chose The Electric Light Orchestra over Glastonbury, setting me on a middle-aged byway, where signposts were sure to lead to neighbourhood watch schemes, walk in shower units,...
Avocado, smoked salmon and poached egg on toast
No. 184
A friend and I regularly meet for brunch on a Sunday, so when The Ivy opened last year in St John’s Wood, we made expeditious passage to the iconic “chuck...
Shepard’s Pie
No. 183
A covert wish….we’ve all got one, so when I decided to throw my 50th birthday party the other week, just for fun I suggested “Your Dirty Secret” as the theme....
Fish & Chips
No. 182
When a syndicate of electronic musical blacksmiths announced they were staging a Burning Man inspired sound-foundry in Brixton last week, I figured it would be worth attending Afterburn at the...
No. 181
It was difficult last week to hide an overwhelming sense of rhapsody when redeeming my carwash loyalty card; seven visits to Mint Green of Temple Fortune and I was entitled...