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Tag Archives: food
Pineapples – From Regal luxury to 70’s chintz!
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
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Popular Culture
Tagged food, Gardening, King Charles II, Pineapple, royalty, Status Symbol
1 Comment
Coronavirus Diary 48 – A bit of this, a bit of that.
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
Posted in Life
Tagged Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Diary, food, garden, Life, ruins, WW2
1 Comment
Coronavirus Diary 21 – Food parcels & emergency manouvres!
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
Arise Sir Loin Steak
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
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, News
Tagged Arise Sir Loin, food, James I, Sir Henry Hoghton, Sirlon Steak
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The secret green huts of London
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
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel
Tagged Black Taxi, Bloomsbury, food, London, London Taxi
3 Comments
The Ice Cream Index of Happiness
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
Posted in Life, News, Popular Culture
Tagged food, Happiness, Happy, Ice Cream Index of Happiness, Summer, Surveys, Things that makes us happy
9 Comments
A video of the re-opened Borough Market
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
Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Borough Market, food, London, London Bridge, Markets, Neals Yard, Southwark, Terrorism, Travel, Video
6 Comments
Ye Olde Fighting Cock – The Oldest Pub in Britain?
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
Posted in history, Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged County of Hertfordshire, food, history, Pubs, St Albans, Ye Olde Fighting Cocks
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One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!
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
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith
Tagged Easter, food, Happy Easter, Hot Cross Buns, tradition
5 Comments