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Talking About HELEN & THE GRANDBEES at the Stratford Literary Festival

Last month, I had the opportunity to discuss Helen & The Grandbees at the Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival. This was a fantastic evening meeting some fabulous Warwickshire writers and hosted by Jo James (in the pic) Sadly, our technology failed… so here is a...

My stories taught me about myself

(This article originally appeared in the Pebworth Piper) My need to leave London had been on my mind for a while. I was fatigued by London’s luxury towers and treeless plazas. It’s uptight tentacles tangled along every street and into my little Victorian cottage...

The Tapas Room, Deptford – A Tiny Cavern of Delights

Little did we know that it was the end of tier 2, that in fact this tier was set to double, when we enjoyed a day off work to pretend to holiday in Deptford. We sat under the glow of a heater, making up for the tiny well-ventilated room, admiring the bottles, the menu...

“If a treat is available it should be indulged,” Pre-lockdown Boulangerie Jade review

So many places in blackheath have been so good at their social distancing that we decided to do the ‘trip before lockdown’ experience, so long as we could be sure it was safe. Now, a ‘Trip Before Lockdown’ is a very special occasion and should not be undertaken...

Review of Wisley Gardens… and environs

In June, we discovered the RHS gardens. Can’t remember why. Think I saw it on someone’s instagram. We packed fake fizz and I made an artichoke and thyme pizza and apple cake and we ventured out into the newly unlocked world, wondering if the toilets would be closed...

HELEN & THE GRANDBEES

A little diversion for the blog today as my my novel “Helen and the Grandbees” based in south east London has just hit publication date... Buy Helen and the Grandbees here: https://amzn.to/3crOtVr *affiliate link It’s a different type of wrtiting from the...

I have never asked for lobster before

A review of Locale, Blackheath SE3 It seems that sushi is stalking me, trying to taunt me with it's coldness, or convince me that it is actually the best dish ever. I maybe should have been less...

Tough Octopus

A review of Kaspar's Grill at the Savoy I have discovered the most magnificent combination: champagne and soda bread. I don't mean champagne baked in soda bread, which would be daft even if some...

No Consideration for Dieting Food Bloggers

A review of Royal Teas, Greenwich. Royal teas has always sounded like an intriguing name for a vegetarian cafe. The 'royal' bit, yep well it is located on Royal Hill, the teas bit, yep full of teas...

The mixed Colours of the Meze Glowed At Us

A review of Efe's Meze, Trafalgar Road Heard of imambayildi? Me neither. It sounded really interesting the way that Efe's Meze's extremely eager to please new management described it. It seemed to...

An Update on the Nespresso Machine

A while ago, I updated you on what felt like the highly decadent step of buying a Nespresso machine. And the irony of making this purchase on a camping holiday. But I really have to add some more...

Yes I do want a cobra

A review of eating at the Royal Nepalese, Westcombe Park Now you might have noticed that I don't review a lot of takeaways on this blog. This is partially because often by the time I grab a takeaway...

The last coffee shop in Blackheath

Morden's, Tranquil Vale Blackheath SE3. (Not strictly a coffee shop, but this was the angle I was reviewing from) Morden's has had day time patisserie and coffee advertised outside of it for ages....

Fish confusion

A review of L'Insolite, Collioure, France (definitely not SE3) I have an announcement to make. It is official that seiche is in fact cuttlefish, not squid as most of Collioure will tell you. The...

They have pre-wrapped muffins. Hmmm. Moving on….

A a review of the Pavillion cafe in Greenwich. Park SE10 BBQ, jazz, beautiful park.... What could be better? That was why the very first free Friday I had in my diary between May and August was...

My Paintings

Canary Wharf Clouds

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A Few More Of My Blog Posts

Keeping Sane

Personally I am desperate to get tips on how to keep off news websites. I know that this is not helping prevent anxiety, but I still wake up thinking, “ooo a good eight hours since I last checked in - maybe I should just check  the BBC (you know like, to see...

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Myths about Coronavirus and Social Distancing*

*this is not one of those myth-busting articles. I have no medical expertise whatsoever. The thought of the circulatory system makes me faint. I am however, good at baking and generally being a bit bossy. (thwarted celeb chef). This story starts when a good friend...

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Have you pre-ordered my novel “Helen and the Grandbees” yet? Don’t wait for publication date... there might be a run on books by then! https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Alex+morall&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Date Night

Pre-Order ‘Helen & The Grandbees’ here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Alex+morall&ref=nb_sb_noss Thursday is ‘date night’ in our house, a chance for the two of us to spend time together when we might not have seen so much of eachother lately, and to go out for...

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Chocolate

So are you reading more now that you have no travel time, or maybe even no work? or are you finding your brain is crystallising trying to absorb more information, look for more information while there is none to be had, whilst trying to resist stockpiling because you...

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Gourmet Lewisham Restaurant now delivering!

This review was originally posted about the restaurant L’Oculto in the early days of inception. I am re-posting as an internet attack a couple of years ago destroyed it’s presence but they are ready and eager to keep their staff in jobs and keep in business whilst...

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