You are here: Latest Updates Latest Updates Please wait... NewBratislava Travel Information The small capital of Slovakia, Bratislava is compact, easily explored in a day. 2019-01-26 Film Review NewI am Number Four Directed by D.J. Caruso Teenager John (Alex Pettyfer) has all the problems facing young people growing up however he also has the added pressure of actually being from another planet, “Number 4”, and hunted by the Mogadorians,… 2019-01-26 Film Review NewSwallows and Amazons Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe In the summer of 1935 Mrs Walker (Kelly Macdonald) and her five children travel from their home in Portsmouth to the Lake District for a holiday away from the city. On the train a man enters their cabin… 2019-01-26 Exhibition Review NewChristo and Jeanne-Claude: The London Mastaba London (England) Visiting Hyde Park last summer you could not help notice a rather large pyramid of barrels floating in the middle of the Serpentine. This is “The London Mustaba” by the artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude… 2019-01-26 Travel Information NewBudapest Travel Information Information from my recent Christmas market trip to Budapest. 2019-01-20 Travel Information NewWarsaw Travel Information Updated to add information and pictures from a Christmas trip as well as some new small restaurant reviews. 2019-01-20 Book Review NewMecha Samurai Empire by Peter Tieryas In a North America where the Japanese and Germans won the second world war Makoto (Mac) Fujimoto wants nothing more than to be a mecha pilot for the United States of Japan (USJ) by being accepted by the… 2019-01-13 Restaurant Review NewLan Kwai Fong London (England) - Camden Town Always interested in dim sum we jumped at a Time Out offer of “64% off bottomless food at Lan Kwai Fong” in Camden. Normally £55 each the offer was for £19.50 each… 2019-01-13 Restaurant Review NewPlane Food London (England) - Heathrow Airport When Heathrow Terminal 5 opened in 2008 (with not a few problems) one of the most hyped things was the fact it was home to a Gordon Ramsey restaurant, “Plane Food”. 11 years later it is still there and,… 2019-01-06 General Event Review NewCircus 1903 London (England) Ever since we saw the advertising for “Circus 1903” we were hooked - The promise of an old-fashioned circus on the Southbank complete with it's much-vaunted life-size elephant puppets (operated by performers… 2019-01-02 Travel Information New2018 Year in Review Another great year but tinged with not just a little stress... 2019-01-01 Book Review NewSpectacles: A Memoir by Sue Perkins Susan (Sue) Perkins will be familiar to fans of the original BBC “Great British Bake-Off” series many as one half of the “Mel [Giedroyc] and Sue” comedy partnership that has spanned stage, radio and television… 2019-01-01 Film Review NewIt Directed by Andy Muschietti In the town of Derry, Maine children have been mysteriously disappearing for many years. Years following Bill Denbrough's (Jaeden Lieberher) little brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) disappearance… 2019-01-01 Book Review NewThe House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz The famous detective Sherlock Holmes is called on to find the identity of a scar-faced stalker who it is feared is from “The Flat Cap Gang”, a criminal gang from the United States involved murder and theft…. 2019-01-01 Film Review NewAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie Directed by Mandie Fletcher The two affable though incredibly inept and frequently inebriated fashionistas Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley) are still living a life filled with booze and drugs much to the consternation… 2019-01-01 Book Review NewA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson An interesting turn for Bryson for those fans of his “travel” writing as here he turns his hands to popular science. The chapters each talk about a particular aspect of our physical reality then spends… 2018-12-28 Film Review NewBumblebee Directed by Travis Knight In the year 1987 during the Great Cybertronian War between the Decepticons and Autobots on Cybertron as the Autobots are on the verge of losing Autobot B-127 (Bumblebee) is sent by their leader Optimus… 2018-12-28 Film Review NewRalph Breaks the Internet Directed by Phil Johnson and Rich Moore When the Sugar Rush arcade game cabinet at Litwak's Arcade is damaged the owner does not have the money to replace it. With the star of the game (and the original Wreck-It Ralph movie) Vanellope's (voiced… 2018-12-22 Film Review NewDivergent Directed by Neil Burger In a dystopian future society has formed itself into five factions representing various virtues: Erudite (for the thinkers), Amity (for the kind) the farmers, Candor (for the honest), Abnegation (for the… 2018-12-22 Restaurant Review NewBibendum London (England) - Chelsea Ever since I walked by the Michelin House in Chelsea soon after moving to the UK I have wanted to visit the restaurant in this iconic 1911 building with it's distinctive stain glass windows featuring “Bibendum”… 2018-12-20 More Recent Items Click for more items... Subscribe to my mailing list to receive weekly updates delivered to your inbox Note: I will NOT share your email address with anyone and you can unsubscribe at any time.
