A great place to dine is the Leaping Hare restaurant with local game a speciality or in the Café – depending on time and expense. In the winter the stove in the 16th century barn creates a wonderfully fuggy atmosphere of comfort and indulgence. From the wine list you can select the award winning Wyken Bacchus […]
I had not seen the band with Boxford roots in perhaps 18 months and sadly disappointed with this gig in Hadleigh. Some of their older songs stood out as something refreshingly different like Midnight Writer & Dance With Me but this new set I found disengaging with too much banter and consequent delay between songs. No […]
Hedonism should and must rule – don’t you think? Treated to a full body massage at the wonderful Maison Talbooth retreat. More than a year had passed since last I was here – what a mistake. Jo, skilfully work her magic as body and soul switched off disappearing into an oasis of relaxation and satisfaction. Then, if you […]
Watched many times and it just such a perfect piece of film. Exquisite. Great cast. The chemistry between Rene Russo and Brosnan smoulders and then ignites. The plot is breathtaking with a winding narrative which never fails to enthral. Cinematography at its best with searing set pieces – gliding and catamaran sequences a tour de […]
This fabulous film (1991) based on a Roddy Doyle novel and directed to wide acclaim by Alan Parker returns for the first time as a musical to the West End and what a knock out production it is. The backdrop is Dublin and the story line is simply to return American soul to the Irish […]
Harrison Ford with lines riven on his face is a long way from Star Wars or Blade Runner in this fairly comic view of interplanetary conflict. He is Colonel Hyrum Graff and his mission is ‘to school’ only the best brains – young children, that can save Earth from the Formics – a race of […]
Zin the Great… Looking for something a liitle different then check out the overlooked Zinfandel grape. Best expressions come from its home in the USA, especially in California in the form of full flavoured reds, an ideal accompaniment for meat and game. Foremost examples have with a spicy nose with balanced but pronounced dark fruit […]
Fawkes & Forté went to see the Purple remnants at the Roundhouse. Not disappointed as they served up some timeless classics Space Truckin, Lazy & Smoke on the Water. But, what I had really wanted to hear was Child in Time, sadly Ian Gillian was unable to oblige, no doubt the high notes would have […]
Swiss Execution Helvetica was based on an 1898 Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface created by Berthold but found its true form in Switzerland in 1957 when Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann designed the Helvetica font that we know today. It was created specifically to be neutral and not give any impression or have any meaning in itself. This […]
