Essex Eating

When Toptable recently asked me to provide them with a list of my top 10 favourite restaurants of 2010, I thought it would be fairly short ...

As long as I can remember, the idea of staying in an old-fashioned inn has appealed to me. Not for me the stark contemporary clean lines of ...

Last week I was summoned to appear in court as a witness. I’m more than prepared to do my civic duty, being from the less salubrious part of...

Good Morning to all of you. The beautiful, intelligent and amazing people who no doubt make up the readership of my blog. First, an apology....

The dining room is darkened. Silence. The sudden low electrical hum as a spotlight suddenly appears in the centre of the floor, dust pirouet...

What with all the work involved in The Montpelier Basement, I’ve found it pretty hard to find time to keep up with the blog posts. Seems thi...