Month: April 2018

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    Life lessons from William Gilchrist

    Meet William Gilchrist. If you are not currently familiar with him and his body of work, I suggest becoming familiar as quickly as possible. I am a people person. Other people interest me; I like finding out about them, what they do, what they like, where they’ve been. But every now and then I find…

  • Fortnite Battle Royale: What I’ve learned

    You have probably heard of Fortnite Battle Royale. It has become the latest online sensation and is taking the gaming world by storm. I am not an avid gamer, but even I have got hooked on this one. It is so easy to take part. Sign up and you are given a character, you are…

  • The Secret Garden of Madrid

    Madrid is famous for many things: art, markets, plazas…but tucked away on top of a shop in the middle of the city it has its own secret garden. El Jardin Secreto is hidden away on the top floor of the Salvador Bachiller department store. And it is wonderful. If I was to plan the perfect…

  • This summer you need Vermouth Hour

    The sun is out and pretty soon lots of people will be heading for a couple of drinks in the sun with friends. But I have a tip for you this year: put down the beer and rose, there is something new on the horizon. I have written about the fact that vermouth is the…

  • How to do airport breakfast

    In the Robert Rodriguez film Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Johnny Depp’s unhinged CIA agent kills a cook at a Mexican restaurant because his cochinita pibil is “too good”. According to Depp’s character, Sheldon Sands, he eats the same thing at every restaurant he goes to. His rationale for killing the cook, it turns…

  • Style Files: Steve McQueen

    “There he was, about 5’7″, skinny, but on nights out in Munich, if he walked into the bar, the women – whoomph – would be around him.” So Tom Adams described one of the coolest-looking men who ever lived – Steve McQueen. The pair met filming the classic movie The Great Escape. McQueen’s reputation as…

  • Escape to Madrid

    This time last week I was sipping vermouth in a marketplace in Madrid. After a busy start to the year and a family-filled Easter weekend, S and I decided to get away for a quiet few days. We picked Madrid for a few days escape, wandering around a new city. Madrid does not have the…

  • Crystal Head Vodka’s new bottle is cool!

    I will start this out with a confession: I am a big fan of Crystal Head Vodka. The first time I saw one of their skull bottles I thought it was one of the coolest things I had seen. I then met the team behind it at ork events and they were, simply put, some…

  • The Oliviers 2018

    The biggest night in London’s theatre calendar is done for 2018. As awards season rumbles on from The Oscars, eyes turned to the West End for The Oliviers, which celebrate the best of Britain’s theatreland. This year there was one name on everyone’s lips: Hamilton. Indeed host Catherine Tate, in one of the few high…

  • Be back soon

    It’s been a bit quiet here recently. Normally I can blame a spate of radio silence here on a busy work schedule. However my excuse is nowhere near as arduous this time. I’m on holiday this week. After a delightful Easter spent with family (and too much chocolate), S and I have escaped for the…