When I was 17 my first nephew was born, which means that ever since I’ve been an adult there have always been kids around at Christmas. It also means that...
I’ve been pretty lucky insofar as keeping friends around goes. As an international type in Amsterdam, you more or less expect that some friends will go back to their native...
I was reading a blog or a cook book recently whose author said that they thought pomegranates looked ‘festive’. I was surprised, because I thought they looked sort of summery,...
I remember once asking the boyfriend of a mate of mine if the two of them would like to come to a Michelin-starred restaurant with me and another mutual friend....
Several very strange things happened last night. The first was in Soho Sushi. Let me set the scene: I’d arrived a minute or two later than my friend, and after...
I’d always been sceptical of people, generally in their 30s, telling me that they didn’t drink that much any more because their hangovers had got so much worse. I just...
It’s not often that I write about England. It’s not where I live, and yet it never feels like a holiday. It’s this damp, foggy, funny little island that I...
I often wonder whether I should split my rating system into three indicators rather than the two (price and quality) indicators that I have now. There is a frequent disjunct...
After my utter boredom last weekend, I decided it was time to do something about it and ended up with a full diary all week. I am now knackered. I’m...
