Category: Local

Flanders Fields

Remembrance Day has assumed a more important place nationally and locally than ever.

A Modest Proposal

Low Traffic Zones, Clean Air Neighbourhoods, take your pick, are the new favourites in my borough.

What Hoe!

I wonder if I should have bought a property in Chelsea when I started working in London? With a mortgage I expect I could but I am glad I didn’t.

Eight Wells

Llanover House in Monmouthshire lies about 150 miles west of London, at least it did until it was demolished in 1936.

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