Tag Archives: food

Pineapples – From Regal luxury to 70’s chintz!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by

Do you like Pineapples?  I don’t know about you but I don’t really like them at all.  They burn my tongue which is as good a reason as any not to like a food but there was a time when … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 48 – A bit of this, a bit of that.

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

I’m continuing my self-isolation which is probably a good thing as typically for my luck, the streets and neighbouring villages around where I live have the highest Covid mortality rate in the whole-country per head of population. With the electrician … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 21 – Food parcels & emergency manouvres!

Posted on April 18, 2020 by

It’s 10 weeks now since I last earned a penny and couldn’t work due to the tube train incident which apart from the very odd trip out has been when my social isolation began in earnest. I’ve been in receipt … Continue reading →

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Arise Sir Loin Steak

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

The menu for the 1617 banquet that gave birth to the legend that King James I invented sirloin steak after knighting a joint of beef has gone up for auction. Legend has it that when James I dined at Hoghton … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Diary 2 – Goodbyes but no good grub

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

Yesterday I went out to see a friend.  My new house is a total dump.  An absolute pig-sty as we say in the U.K.  No cleaning/bathing facilities, no toilet, damp in the floors electric wires everywhere and a near 200 … Continue reading →

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The secret green huts of London

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

They are an icon of London; not as famous as those famous red symbols such a telephone boxes, post boxes, double decker buses or soldiers on guard and they are certainly less common than the iconic London black taxis but … Continue reading →

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The Ice Cream Index of Happiness

Posted on July 22, 2019 by

It turns out it really is the simple things in life that do the most to uplift you’re feelings, at least if you’re British and it’s summer time. Chocolate and donating to charity give British people the most happiness per … Continue reading →

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A video of the re-opened Borough Market

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

Borough Market has long been one of my favourite parts of London and so aside from the more obvious issues following the recent attack there and the adjoining London Bridge, I have been waiting to get back inside both for … Continue reading →

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Ye Olde Fighting Cock – The Oldest Pub in Britain?

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

This time last week I was giving a lovely guided tour to a charming couple to the old Roman city of St Albans which as it happens is just 5 miles from my house and an hour out of central … Continue reading →

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One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

Hot Cross Buns are one of those delicious treats that you can have at Easter.  Until just a few years ago, they could only be found within a week or two of Easter but these days hundreds of millions are … Continue reading →

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