Food, Days Out and Travel stories from Brighton, London and the Rest of the World
Who knew two middle-aged women would have so much fun playing at a Virtual Reality cafe and going deep under water to watch a whale and a bl...
If you love the atmosphere of a university town such as Oxford or Cambridge, then you are going to love Leiden. Hand-painted onto walls all...
In December I found out about essential oils, how they benefit health, why provenance matters and why going to a workshop to make your own b...
Last Friday I travelled via cheese and wine through Europe, finding on the way a great alternative to Sancerre (and slightly cheaper). Paire...
Linked to the City of London's Festival celebrating women's contributions, the Huguenot Festival this year included a walking tour c...
"Light is the primary zeitgeber (time teller)" read the description of a temporary light installation that we stood to watch in th...
In the past when I'd seen pictures of Mont St Michel I had marvelled at it. Rising sharply from an isolated outcrop of granite rock, it ...
Surely the ultimate in home dining is to have a chef arrive with food already prepped, to cook a meal for you and your guests and then clear...
The theme that ran through this year's House and Garden festival at Olympia in Kensington for me was plastic replacement and recycling. ...
From the glorious Versailles Palace to her final days in the grim Conciergerie prison, read on as I share tantalising glimpses into the lif...
Where I follow in the footsteps of Helen Maria Williams the poet and first female war correspondent who lived at the time of the French Rev...
For the Italian Owners, Nino and Andrea, Veeno Cafe, recently opened in Brighton is best described as a wine cafe. They're keen to take ...
Brighton Festival 2018 - 5 - 27 May 2018 Maybe this year's Brighton Festival should have another category, alongside such regul...
I've been wondering whether to post this review of afternoon tea at Fortnum's because it's a little more critical than I'd l...
I've got no plans to turn MBB into a crafty Blog but I did recently discover how easy it is to create a beautiful Christmas tree wall ha...
I've been back a few weeks but my mind keeps returning to the fabulous gardens in Valencia, formerly the riverbed of the Turia and the a...
To my knowledge, The Gingerman restaurants has a pretty good reputation with the locals of Brighton and Hove. It’s where people choose to go...
It's Halloween, it's dark outside and it's time to get spooky. I love the romance of a wreck and in the centre of Valencia I fou...
If you're looking for an innovative and revolutionary dining experience then join me as I share with you my evening at Silo . Offering e...
If I were to give the Salt Room a colour I think it would be amber, actually, I'd probably give it two colours, black and amber are th...
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