Thank you for visiting my humble new blog. I’ll be writing as often as I can so please come back. To give you an idea of what to expect – the clue is in the title – this is a blog about my favourite pastimes namely food, fashion and good old fashioned reading and writing […]

              This bread is ridiculously easy to make and comes from the lovely people at my favourite bakery and chocolate shop: Cocomaya. It requires no more effort than simply mixing together copious amounts of uber healthy seeds, some wholemeal flour, buttermilk, honey and whacking in the oven. You can then […]

Cecil Beaton by Curtis Moffat, about 1930 © V&A Images Princess Elizabeth by Cecil Beaton, March 1945 © V&A Images I pottered along to the V&A yesterday to have a wander around the 100 or so photographs that make up this exhibition to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  Beaton photographed Elizabeth throughout her lifetime from […]

I came across an incredible art form known as Fileteado Porteno in the Caminito in La Boca barrio of Buenos Aires during my honeymoon there. In the same way Tango serves to define the region musically, Fileteado brilliantly describes Buenos Aires iconographically and I think it’s fascinating!  It emerged as an art form in the cart […]

Image: Pitt Cue Image: Square Meal Having heard the horror stories of two hour tailbacks of hungry souls shivering in the street in anticipation of being granted access to the holy grail of barbecued pork, I was rather surprised to pretty much walk straight up and in to Pitt Cue last night (tip: arrive at […]

                                  I am quite excited about this book. It’s the first English language exploration of one of the most avant-garde restaurants in the world, Mugaritz in San Sebastian.  It’s author, Andoni Aduriz, is a true disciple of Ferran Adria […]

Pretty things… I popped into the Twentieth Century Theatre in W11 last night for their Spring pop up sale to raise money for The Rugby Portobello Trust which helps young people in the area find a better life away from crime, deprivation and social exclusion. The pop up has been curated by the brilliant and […]

Hawksmoor Spitalfields Bar. Photo by Toby Keane So last night I thought it only right and proper to check out the Hawksmoor boys’ new bar at Spitalfields.  And it really is a thing of beauty – all shiny copper and glossy teal tiles. According to co-owner Will, it used to be a dodgy strip club […]

All dressed up and ready to go So this is a recipe inspired by a rather brilliant pudding we had on Friday night at The Churchill Arms in the Cotswolds, a lovely little 17th century pub in the tiny honey coloured village of Paxford near Chipping Campden.  Pubs may be dying out at a depressing […]

How to Make a Light Tent Here is a step by step guide to making your very own mini studio 1. Take a cardboard box at least 1 ft squared. Set it so that it’s opening is facing you and cut out the sides and top panel leaving the back and base intact 2. Cover […]