Category: Food & Drink

William Gilberd

The Gilberd School was founded in 1912 as The Junior Technical School and in 1957 changed its name to The Gilberd School when girls were admitted. It moved to a new site in the 1970s.

A State of Grace

A friend from America was visiting London recently. I took him to The Grenadier for a Bloody Mary, Ognisko (aka the Polish Hearth Club) for lunch and Opera Holland Park (for Hansel and Gretel). He also was taken by the Judge to the White’s tent at (Royal) Ascot, ticking a 4th box of things he… Continue reading A State of Grace

Meet the Pallisers

I saw The Rocky Horror Show at a theatre in the King’s Road (possibly The Royal Court) in the 1970s and was taken by surprise when the audience were mostly in costume and participated in the show – I remember lots of rice being chucked in a wedding scene.

You Know Who

As a child I don’t think I counted my blessings; I did curse curse my afflictions, like wet Sunday afternoons at prep school.

Stone Soup

Recently I recommended a detective novel written by AA Milne, especially as it’s not his genre.

Le Stopgap

Friends sent me these flowers as a thank you for having them to lunch.

Shifting Sands

The Frisian Islands, an archipelago off the coasts of Holland, Germany and Denmark are famous for their shifting sands; an impediment to navigation but an inspiration for Riddle of the Sands.