Monthly Archives: August 2010

Claire’s cold comfort for gingers

Should maverick chef Heston Blumenthal ever meet Claire Kelsey the pair would have so much to discuss they’d burn the snail slime soufflé.

For Claire - a chef-turned food stylist-turned ice cream van saleswoman – is as innovative as the culinary scientist is enticingly bonkers. It would be a match made in heaven, apart from the...
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Fond memories of Feversham

I was once fortunate enough to find myself abandoned by my children at New Year, which meant I could take off and celebrate in style. Dragging my sister along for company, I booked a three-night break at The Feversham Arms in Helmsley, North Yorkshire. We had such a great time that I have been...
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Desist, you hairy scoundrel!

A BLACKGUARD and a scoundrel! How dare you deliver such brickbats to our fair and glorious city, its environs and its citizens. Hades – or hell – you say? On the contrary, heaven is what it is.

I see from the magick of the interweb that you have a hirsute visage reminiscent of a scabrous...
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