Being a man in the 21st Century brings a number of challenges. And despite the efforts of modern life, being a good husband, father and cook are not the biggest of these challenges. As progressive as we may consider the world to currently be, us guys outside of London remain having to deal with the…
Ford Focus ST
Four years ago I took delivery of my first brand new car – a facelifted mkIII Focus ST. Having worked in the trade for some years I’d had plenty of spanking demonstrators, but this was the first I’d paid for myself (with a big hand from Ford credit) and the first to bear my name…
The Vinorium Australia Unearthed Tasting, 67 Pall Mall
Quick question: what does a marathon runner eat before the competition? Pasta? Chicken? A kale smoothie and handful of nuts? The reason I ask is because this past September I was competing in an endurance event of my own. A wine tasting hosted by The Vinorium at 67 Pall Mall called Australia Unearthed. ‘Hold on,…
Burger & Beyond, Shoreditch
You know the question thrown around by anyone interested in food… The platitude of the plate, the boring dinner party posit that stops Geoff talking about the cost of his new boiler and Julie about the mobility in her new hip. It’s a question I have rarely contemplated because I never see myself in the…
Steve Hogarth, at St John the Evangelist, Oxford
I like going to see live music. Whether this be an O2 filling big name or a local guy in the corner of a cafe. I don’t play an instrument and I definitely can’t sing, but time and again a gig is what I head to when looking to escape for a while. I’m not a drug…
Mamma Mia! The Party, O2 Arena, October 2019
Now, I’ve never been one for musicals. My family are the same. It’s not a conscious eschewing of the theatre, it’s more that musicals have strayed from our cultural radar and seldom been part of our diet. My girlfriend, Catherine, and her family are the contrary. They live for the bright lights, extravagant storytelling, the heavy-set costumes and…
Fordwich Arms
August 2019, Mark Brockman When a place is lauded by virtually every single critic, member of the public, supplier and Border Collie to step over its welcome mat, I have a rank determination to dislike it. The same goes for tennis players and one Roger Federer. The gent, the poet in motion, the icon, the charity head,…
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