Naked Swedes and Aquavit
When you grow up in a cold grey place and have to endure six months without sunshine, it is difficult to resist the temp ...
The Posh Burgers of Chelsea
Is this the best burger in London? The meat is organic from grass fed cows, butchered by virgins on a full moon. The f ...
Live & Let Live – Barbeque in Brixton
The bright young thing tripping happily down an aisle in the Brixton Market can’t see the dishevelled man waiting in amb ...
Yashin Ocean House – Fabulous Nouvelle Japanese
Yashin Ocean House is a Japanese gem tucked away in an unprepossessing corner of the Old Brompton Road. The decor is st ...
Dead White People’s Society
I recently experienced a curry fuelled, Alice in Wonderland afternoon, with a roomful of splendid eccentrics who wish to ...
The Elections Are Over. Now What?
I don't know what to make of the results of the British elections. The chap who lost is considered to have won (the Brit ...
Picnic in a Shop with Ralph Lauren
The British are an island people with strange habits. One of them is to picnic inside the family car. A British family w ...
Adult Diapers are better than Breakfast Cereal
Reasons to remain in Europe In a few days the people of the United Kingdom will vote in a referendum to determine whet ...
The Pig, the Prime Minister and his Honourable Member
The British Prime Minister is alleged to have stuck his privates into the mouth of a (mercifully dead) pig. David ...
Big Stinking Music Festivals
Every festival needs cigarette girls It's officially the summer which means festival season is upon us. This is an oc ...
Vegetarians: What’s the Point? A Review of a Steak Restaurant.
Dining Room at the BEAST. An excellent repast awaits. When I grew up in Sri Lanka it was a largely rural, mostly veget ...
If You are Brown, You Must Work in IT
The Indian Sari is a traditional garment that makes sure a woman's ankles are suitably covered The banqueting manager ...