Brother Marcus
Dry January. Are there two words more guaranteed to strike fear into the sybarite’s soul?…
Author Alex Larman
A Cambridge Revisit, Part II: The University Arms
‘How much do you reckon that our refurbishment cost?’ I tried to err on the…
A Cambridge Revisit, Part I
Some people take inordinate pride in where they went to university, and I, sadly, am…
The Ivy Oxford Brasserie
‘Have you got your Ivy yet?’ Since I moved to Oxford at the beginning of…
A Culinary Tour of St John’s Wood
The tone, feel and political outlook of St John’s Wood can be gathered remarkably quickly.…
Hawksmoor: A Cocktail Safari
Shaky Pete’s Ginger Brew (x2): an old reliable, but utterly delicious. Like a turbo-charged shandy,…
The White Horse, Blakeney
If you haven’t been to Blakeney, go. That’s all that I need to say about…
Roka, Charlotte Street
London restaurants are rather like wine. None of them can last forever, but the best…
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…