Last night I had dinner with Jack Stein. You may have heard of his dad, Rick. It was a six-course meal which started with canapes of tiny roasted tomato and red onion tarts, and quails egg and bacon mini-breakfasts, moved … Continue reading
According to a BBC report today, a tourism expert has suggested the traditional seaside resort of Skegness should change its name in a cost-effective bid to attract a wealthier crowd to Lincolnshire’s coast. No doubt opinion will be split – … Continue reading
From the pubs-with-rooms people who brought us the Gurnard’s Head at Zennor (in the far west of Cornwall) and the Felin Fach Griffin Inn near Abergavenny, comes news of a third addition – its terrace pictured above. First things first. … Continue reading
A lot of you will be heading to and from the West Country this summer. Where to stop for a bite? A couple of my foolproof favourites in Cornwall are the Devonport Inn in Kingsand and the Rod and Line at … Continue reading
For the third summer running I’ve been to the Port Eliot Festival, a festival for people who don’t ‘do’ festivals, a village fete on steroids, set on a bucolic country estate at St Germans in Cornwall over a long weekend … Continue reading