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 […]
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Spiced 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 portionLuxury afternoon tea at the Café Royal Hotel’s Oscar Wilde Bar
Perhaps it is a consequence of growing up in a relatively young country, but even after fourteen years of living in London, I remain fascinated by the extent to which old things are preserved in Europe. I barely have one glass left from the year we arrived in London, and yet in the V&A I […]
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In 1998, researchers at Harvard and Kent State University in the US conducted a study to see how much pedestrians on campus actually noticed about their immediate surroundings. During the experiment, an actor would approach a random pedestrian and ask for directions. While the pedestrian was giving instructions, two more actors dressed as workmen would […]
Click here for a full portionAvocado & Parma ham eggs Benedict with fearless Hollandaise
We’ve all heard of xenophobia (fear of strangers), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces) and arachnophobia (fear of spiders). Those who have done a bit of extra reading can probably also tell you that coulrophobia is the fear of clowns (surprisingly prevalent); that microphobia is the fear of small things; and that astraphobia is the fear […]
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