Margate: the Haeckels seaweed wrap
Most people book ski trips in winter and a Mediterranean beach holiday in summer. Instead, I go to Margate, a 100-minute train...
07 August, 2021 / 0 Comments
Timberyard: natural wine (& whisky) in Edinburgh
Life is not to be seen as a straight line, but as a present, past and future experienced as one. With that...
01 August, 2021 / 0 Comments
London day out at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
A contemporary art treasure trove in the heart of the English countryside. That is how I would describe Hauser & Wirth Somerset....
22 July, 2019 / 0 Comments
A Birmingham star: Carters of Moseley
My introduction to Carters of Moseley in the southern outskirts of Birmingham came via an Instagram 'friend', Microcosmos, an urban winery in Marseille....
21 August, 2018 / 0 Comments
Musings on identity, art & Black Country risotto
I stayed in London this summer, and went instead on a day trip to Birmingham to find my identity and to catch artist Mahtab...
16 August, 2018 / 0 Comments
Birmingham: an icon in the West Midlands
One Tuesday this July, I travelled 180 km, around 110 miles, to have lunch at Carters of Moseley, in a middle-class suburb south...
31 July, 2018 / 0 Comments
Brighton for brunch by the sea: Silo Restaurant
CUB Restaurant is on the ground floor of Super Lyan cocktail bar in London’s hip district of Hoxton. The restaurant opened as a...
09 July, 2018 / 0 Comments
Finding Findhorn: 7 miles of empty beach in Scotland
I knew I was in a special place when I spotted Tilda Swinton in her Mercedes-Benz driving through the centre of the Scottish...
24 June, 2017 / 2 Comments