Afternoon tea at the Milestone Hotel

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So these days, if you are an immigrant who wants to become British, you can’t just show up, attempt to fit in, and hope they don’t put you on the next boat home.  You also need to  do some studying from a Government-issue book on “Life in the British Isles” or a similarly racy title. [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #241

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  African sunset – Walker Bay, March 2013

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Imperial China review – a hit and miss affair

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  When we first came to live in London, like most new arrivals, we did not have a lot of cash to spare.  I was trying to finish a thesis and struggling to find part-time work; we had just shelled out what seemed like an obscene amount of money as a deposit to rent a [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #240

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Strelitzia – Cape Town, March 2013

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Gingerbread cookies for Easter

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:  There are two types of people in the world – bakers and non-bakers.  Bakers tend to be those with an eye for detail – the kind of people who are not at all fazed by recipes requiring “2.5 egg yolks”;  who are willing to spend as [...]

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Saturday Snapshots #239

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The Reichstag, Berlin – May 2011

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Sautéed Brussels sprouts with Nduja and preserved lemon

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My brother and I have always been suckers for lists.  Lists of the top ten songs of the year; or the top ten fastest cars in the world; or the top ten tallest mountains – if it came in a numbered list we were all over it like a rash. In fact, I think my [...]

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