Monthly Archives: December 2015

Israel: A diverse and fascinating country

Israel: A diverse and fascinating country Israel is only five hours away from the UK but it is different in many ways. For a start, as you’d expect, security is pretty tight getting on to a plane taking you there. And I found it a country and society that is divided and yet united by

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River Thames Cruise with Le Boat

Messing about in a Le Boat on The Thames   I wonder, when in 1908 the retired secretary of the Bank of England decided to jot down the bedtime stories he had told his son Alistair that he thought people would still be reading and talking about them over a 100 years later? That secretary

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Broadstairs: A Secret Foodie Heaven on the Kent Coast

Broadstairs: A Secret Foodie Heaven on the Kent Coast Broadstairs may be known to some as the location of the 39 Steps in John Buchan’s novel of the same name or as one of the many locations that Charles Dickens chose to write about (in this case Bleak House). But today it might well be

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The Henry Root: Chelsea, London

The Henry Root 9 Park Walk London SW10 0AJ Tel: 020 7352 7040 I had been to The Henry Root before a few years ago but as it has recently relaunched I thought I’d better check it out. It sits at the end of Park Lane one of those lovely Chelsea streets that look like

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