You know it’s summer in London when: you can barely walk ten steps in Waterloo Station on a Saturday morning without bumping into ten women in vertiginous heels and fascinators everyone starts to complain about the heat after spending the previous 9 months complaining about the cold you can barely walk ten steps in the […]
Click here for a full portionMint Leaf (Haymarket)
A few years ago, Nick and I were having drinks with friends in Soho. As the evening wore on, our bellies started rumbling and we decided that we needed to find somewhere to eat. One of our friends suggested an excellent Indian restaurant that he had been to and called Directory Enquiries to get their […]
Click here for a full portionMargherita pizza grilled cheese sandwiches
My colleagues tell me I am weird. Nothing truly dysfunctional, mind you – I don’t keep mice in my filing drawer (or tequila, for that matter); I don’t hum tunelessly to myself all day; and I don’t eat salt cod casserole, durian fruit or Epoisse cheese sandwiches to work. I don’t clip my nails at […]
Click here for a full portionVery berry G&Ts – #LetsCocktail!
Back in the 1980s and 1990s when I travelled abroad from South Africa, I remember that the main thing people always asked me to bring back was perfume and aftershave. Some things were just cheaper abroad (this was before the Rand exchange rate tanked!) and some products simply weren’t available in South Africa yet – […]
Click here for a full portionSpiced apple, maple and toasted pecan oat porridge
When I was a tiny baby, my mom (who was a rank novice in the parenting game at the time) had read that the first thing she should try to feed me when she was weaning me onto solid foods was mashed banana. Sensible: it’s packed with nutrients and of a consistency that even a tiny […]
Click here for a full portionLisa McGuigan wines at the Gaucho Grill
They say you should never judge a book by its cover – or a bottle of wine by its label. Too often I have been seduced by the siren call of a gorgeous and well-designed label on a supermarket shelf, only to find that the contents of the bottle in no way live up to […]
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