Art, Craft, Heritage and Design for Christmas If, like me, you prefer a gentler and perhaps less commercialised Christmas shopping and festive break experience than the mayhem of Oxford Circus, Bond Street and Piccadilly, Kensington might just be the ticket. It’s a part of London where you’ll find all the major high street shops but […]
The Ivy Collection – Polar Bear Christmas
The Ivy Soho Brasserie A Christmas Extravaganza – Festive Dining with The Ivy Collection The festive season is truly upon us and The Ivy Collection knows just how to celebrate it in style. This Christmas they have installed a charming family of polar bears dressed in jazzy Christmas jumpers at all of the The Ivy […]
The Witches National Theatre Review
Furiously Witty Witchcraft at the National Theatre The bewitching and darkly humorous tale, The Witches, opens for the Christmas season on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre in a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company. The stage production is based on Roald Dahl’s much loved 1983 children’s novel, a story which both enthralled […]
Crossip Rich Berry – Review
Your festive non-alcoholic mulled wine alternative The Crossip team believes that “not drinking” is not just a one-off, it’s a way of life. The founder, Carl Anthony Brown, combined his dedication to be in peak physical form, a career in cocktails and a love for a social drink to create base drinks for cocktails that […]
Festive Cocktails for Christmas Cheer
Our Favourite Christmas Cocktails. It’s that time of year when getting together with friends and family (albeit maybe virtually this year) is synonymous with making delicious cocktails and mocktails. In my household, it’s a fun, messy and slightly chaotic activity. I never have enough ice. Anything complicated and I’m likely to be missing an ingredient […]
Festive Champagne Afternoon Tea at The Dorchester Hotel
Decked Halls and a Festive Tea at The Dorchester, Park Lane: This year’s festive afternoon tea at the Dorchester runs from November 16th 2019 to January 5th 2020. Of the hotels which run along Park Lane, The Dorchester is one of the best known. Originally the site of Dorchester House, a mansion built in 1853 […]
Rhubarb and Custard Cocktail with Jawbox Rhubarb and Ginger:
Rhubarb and Custard – an easy and delicious cocktail: There was a time in this city when the front door was left unlocked. When the kitchen was the scullery. And in the tiny scullery stood this big sink. Clothes and dishes and weans got washed there. A lot of craic was heard around a jawbox. […]
White Chocolate and Vanilla Fudge
Fudge for Let’s Make Christmas Gift Swap: Earlier this year, Vanessa, fresh back from a trip to Uganda asked us all if we’d like to take part in a gift swap for Ndali Vanilla. She’d been learning about vanilla and specifically about the Ndali estate in Uganda. And, to raise awareness of Fair Trade and […]
Bubbles and Festive Afternoon Tea at Lanes of London
Festive Afternoon Tea at Lanes of London: My festive season kicked off to a perfect start in with an elegant afternoon tea just a stones-throw away from the hubbub of London’s Oxford Street. In the sumptuous, relaxing surroundings of Mayfair’s Lanes of London Hotel, a glamorous Grade II listed building, just off Park Lane. There, […]
Christmas Yule Log Made Easy with Betty Crocker
Festive Yule Log Recipe for Christmas: A traditional yule log recipe is based on a Swiss roll mix. I CAN make Swiss rolls. I first tried when I was at school. I whisked and whisked my eggs and sugar till they were nice, yellow and frothy (so I thought) and then, enthusiastically folded in […]