The Foody Traveller
Having lived in London for years we used to know the city pretty well. However, since dipping in and out of Rachel Felder’s splendid book ‘Insider London’ we realise that we are sadly out of touch with what is going on in this vibrant, exciting city. Following a short Introduction ‘Insider London’ is divided into […]
Those clever people at Simply Ice Cream have done it again. 2017 saw another accolade – two more Great Taste awards, one for the brown bread ice cream and another for the mint choc chip. We are not surprised. It is exceedingly good ice cream. In fact a family member of ours who lives in […]
The Paddle Steamer Princess Elizabeth has had a long and chequered career. Built in 1926 – 27 and named to celebrate the birth of our Queen, she served as a ferry and excursion steamer before being taken over by the Admiralty and fitted out as a minesweeper at the outset of WWII. Amongst other duties […]
Enlightened Princesses is the title of an exhibition currently running at Kensington Palace. Anna Hyman set out to discover what it was all about. Main photo credit: Historic Royal Palaces/SWNS Changes were taking place in Europe and beyond. The period known as The Age of Enlightenment, also the Age of Reason, was making its presence felt […]
It had been a dark and stormy night the first time we visited the Manhattan Grill at the Marriott Hotel, West India Quay. It’s an easy few minutes’ walk from West India Quay Docklands Light Railway or a little further from Canary Wharf tube station. We were wet and windswept when we arrived but in […]
Costa Navarino, the prime sustainable destination located in the southwest Peloponnese region of Greece, and WWF Greece have collaborated to launch an exhibition designed to raise awareness on the connection between environment and nutrition. The exhibition ‘A journey to the amazing world of sustainable nutrition’ will be hosted at Navarino Dunes from 20 – 23 […]