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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...
Boulangerie Jade  SE3 – reviewed again

Boulangerie Jade SE3 – reviewed again

There are two types of people in this world, those who like mille-feuille, and those who don’t.  Okay well, maybe there are three types, those who don’t like mille-feuille, those who do like...

99p e-book

Looking for some spring bank holiday reading?? Helen and the Grandbees “a heart-wrenching and deeply resonant story” ebook is at 99p at the moment! https://amzn.to/3crOtVr

A Review of THE SPICERY subscription box

A Review of THE SPICERY subscription box

I was a bit cynical about The Spicery before I was gifted a subscription. I already have a whole cupboard door of spices... plus a drawer of kilner jars... plus things lying, y’know, around....

A deliciously complicated Negroni delivery…

A deliciously complicated Negroni delivery…

  In my long search of trying to find reasons to be cheerful in lockdown with ice and a very badly broken arm, I encountered the Riding House Cafe, normally based in Fitrozia was now...

Broken arm!

Morning all! This is just a quick note to say I can see lots of people are hitting the blog when I normally publish on a Saturday morning only to be disappointed that I haven’t blogged for a couple...

Grace’s Caribbean Cuisine, SE12

Let me be perfectly clear. We found ourselves at Grace’s Carribean Cuisine (well, on Just Eat’s website) for one thing and one thing only. Goat Curry. Okay... well, we did add things to that ‘one...

More Insta-Art of HELEN AND THE GRANDBEES

Some of the bookstagrammers pictures of “Helen and the Grandbees” during last month’s book blog tour... Helen and the Grandbees is available to buy here:...

My Paintings

Canary Wharf Clouds

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A Few More Of My Blog Posts

New website!

This is just to announce that the new website alexmorrall.com is now live and holds everything.. my art, my novels, my food blogging... Have an explore!

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A Sense of Un-Entitlement

A Sense of Un-Entitlement

  The old and the new in South East London   My south east London ranges from sticky and urine-soaked, to smart and classy within a few steps. I can walk in the woods, stroll along an isolated industrial Thameside, shop at budget supermarkets and drink...

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A Review of Luciano’s Lee SE12

A Review of Luciano’s Lee SE12

The biggest concern in Luciano’s, as we sat on the Burnt Ash Road, warding off insistent sunshine, and occasionally seat swapping to escape it, was whether we should order mussels in arrabbiata sauce or lemon. When we eventually received the mussels in arrabbiata...

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Park Cafe Honle (that’s ‘Honle’ with an umlaut)

Park Cafe Honle (that’s ‘Honle’ with an umlaut)

I’ve been cycling past Park Cafe Honle (that’s ‘Honle’ with an umlaut) in Deptford’s Folkestone gardens for years, just not knowing. It was a day off for a chill that let me discover what a delight was in this modest building next to the skateboard park. And that’s...

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A Review of ‘El Marsem’, Delights of the Old Kent Road

A Review of ‘El Marsem’, Delights of the Old Kent Road

I discovered Algerian Cafe “El Marsem” on the Old Kent Road when we were stopped by the traffic lights in front a window of piles and piles of pancakey bread, or was it bready pancakes, or was it just one huge pancake? either empty, or stuffed with cheeses and other...

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