Restaurant Review

Following a whole series of unfortunate events, I’ve decided I should change my name to Calamity Jane. Lockdown means that the everyday highs and lows of life have been magnified. The first disaster...

  How I miss a fancy party.   Mind you, I do have a few complaints about that mass catering style of finger food.   Namely that there always seems to be fishy canapés, so you...

  It was Wednesday.   We were the only ones in the restaurant.   I was wearing a blue top, it was raining, we sat by the window and I ordered a steak sourdough sandwich with...

    It’s like assembling a jigsaw puzzle of an Arctic landscape.   We have about 30 unlabelled vacuum bags, five or so of which are in various shades of snow white, from nicotine...

  The floor is a bit sticky, but our small kitchen makes for a semi-decent dance studio.   I’m pulling out all the moves. He’s a bit Thunderbirds-like, with zero hip action and creepily...

Just as we round the final corner, our pithivier skids to the left.   “Nooooo!”, I screech, checking all the other precious cargo that’s stacked up on my lap and wedged into the...

In a recent article in Campaign magazine the “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives” slogan was hailed as one of the most effective messages in the history of government communications. Yet, “Stay...

  I’m a shady type.   In the summer, there’s no wandering around to look for the perfect hot spot.   You’ll find me lurking behind the shed, dodging the rays as if I’m...

    Face down in syrup isn’t the worst way to go.   When I reviewed this place on its opening three years ago, I mentioned the prevailing rescue advice of administering sugar in...

  We had a family birthday conference on Zoom recently.   As it wrapped up, the subject inevitably turned to what everyone was going to have for dinner.   The others’ teas all...