Wine, food and other pleasures

As the half-term holiday comes to an end, this is the briefest mention of a couple of memorable experiences we had during the week. One is a...

Down in the basement of Fortnum's in Piccadilly is a (not surprisingly) rather smart wine bar. I decided to try it out while recently ca...

I recently contributed to a book in which I had to describe my most memorable wine of 2010 and the brief included suggesting a celebrity or ...

I recently read Brideshead Revisited for the first time. I adore the Granada Television serial from 1981 and (now it's available on DVD...

Late last year on this blog I waxed on at great length about a spectacular evening my husband and I enjoyed at Texture to celebrate our w...

It's still August (just) and, despite all the rain last week, we are basking in glorious sunshine under clear, bright blue skies. Typic...