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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...

Advice needed: Why is clafoutis, please?

A review of Paul Rhodes Bakery in Greenwich Advice needed: why is clafoutis please? (That was a ‘why, not a ‘what’.) And why does it sometimes have an 's' on the end and sometimes not? I understand...

Those Very Round Glasses

A review of Buenos Aires the Restaurant in Blackheath London SE3 (I’ll come back to the coffee shop in Greenwich some other time). I know you have looked in the large windows of this restaurant and...

Readers, we fall out? Already?

Readers, we fall out already?! I have now discovered the disappointing side of blogging. I was initially flattered when so many people came and told me that I made them want to eat a Boulangerie...

Boulangerie Jade

Could someone correct me here? Having dated a French speaker I was introduced to pronouncing this place as Jaaaade, rather than Jayde. But I am starting to think that I am the only person in...

My Paintings

Canary Wharf Clouds

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A Few More Of My Blog Posts

Who told me that the food was bad in Iceland?

Who told me that the food was bad in Iceland (the country)? I mean, I am pretty sure that everyone told me that the food was bad in Iceland. They were misinformed. I journeyed out to Iceland thinking I would have to eat hot dogs every day as a penalty for being able...

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Is there anything as rustically beautiful as an Oyster?

A review of the Oyster and Steak Bar in Waitrose Canary Wharf. I know you don't come here for reviews of supermarkets, but even if you find them very boring you will be in them very often. It's not reasonable to expect me not to have an opinion no them when I eat from...

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I don't care if it makes me fat this week, I HAVE A COLD.

A Review of The Viceroy in Chalrton SE7 Have you ever had one of those streaming cold write off days, when even if you were at home it was a waste of a day because all you can do is lie  in bed and resent your immune system? Yep? And that feeling that only a curry...

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I wish had gone straight for the petit fours..

A review of Boisdale's at Canary Wharf. http://www.boisdale.co.uk  > The menu at Boisdale's said that the haggis in its starter form would be a mini haggis. It was not. My starter was an enormous portion of magnificent haggis (with neeps and tatties) wafting...

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