This is a little story about The Holme, an opulent premises in a sensational location on the Inner Circle of Regent’s Park, London NW1. This ho...

Sir David Attenborough has described the Temperate House at Kew Gardens as “a breathtakingly beautiful space”. Who am I to argue with that...

When I was involved in magazine publishing, there were certain words on a magazine cover that it was generally accepted would make your product more...

Is cave exploring really fun? Many people do like it, indeed love it, and in some respects I should, but all considered I prefer my underground experi...

A visit to the Centro Botin in Santander, itself a gloriously located small city (population about 170,000) in Cantabria on Spain’s northern Atl...

Last month I went to see the fabulous Pink Floyd exhibition, Their Mortal Remains, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington. Entering t...

This is a story about a serial comma. No – please stay with it; I promise it won’t put you into a coma. This particular piece of punctuati...

As you will know, the knee-bone structure of cows means that, contrary to the nursery rhyme, they would be unable to jump over the moon. They couldn&#...

‘Tis the season to be jolly…so here’s a little seasonal greeting. A few years ago, a good friend of mine was a partner with a Londo...