Surprise surprise someone from the NYT peddles falsehoods about the grimness of life in Britain. That paper seems to have as its mission statement to obsess about the invented failings of a country i… (View Post)

Shame about the stabbing news because it’s otherwise a very pleasant autumn day out there. One of those late season golden afternoons that make me deliciously nostalgic. For what, I’m not sure. I thi… (View Post)

Just got back from a couple of weeks in Tangier, Fes and Marrakech (and places in between) and found myself remarking how handsome and attractive London looks to the objective eye. (View Post)

Good morning from a very dark, gloomy vineyard on harvest day. (View Post)

Many years ago, when working in the kitchens at Coombe Abbey hotel in Coventry, I took a problematic breakfast room service order for Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. He got so frustrated with my lack of … (View Post)