John le Carré, who died in 2020 at the age of 89, was a student at Lincoln College, Oxford. It is therefore somewhat fitting that a small, intimate, ...

My wife and I recently spent an exceedingly pleasant few days at a guest house in Cornwall. We had been to England’s most westerly county before on ...

Trying to get around England’s capital city without recourse to the London Underground, more commonly known as the tube, is an almost unplayable...

There’s only a little over a week left if you wish to see the Elton John/David Furnish photographic exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Muse...

My last fun blog involved a visit to Kew Gardens; so does this one. But this is very different, not least because the emphasis is on the outdoors rath...

In the Shirley Sherwood gallery at Kew Gardens there is a fascinating indoor exhibition by a renowned British artist, Mat Collishaw. Among the display...

Christmas comes early to London’s West End. No sooner is Bonfire Night out of the way than the Christmas lights go on, first of all on Oxford St...

Highgate is an eminently pleasant northern area of the English capital. There are many nice shops, quality restaurants and spectacular properties in L...