Author Archives: Rhona

 

A long wordy account of the first morning of the Food & Morality conference

Sep 8

On Saturday morning I hopped a bus to Oxford at the unearthly hour of 7am on my way to the Oxford Symposium on Food and Drink, whose theme this year was food and morality. It was a gorgeous morning and … Continue reading →

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London, Bristol, Bath and Bedford upon Avon

Sep 5

On Sunday I went into town and snapped this from the National Gallery’s front steps, on my way to the National Portrait Gallery. The BP Portrait Award show was on, always a winner for me, and I loved it. Then … Continue reading →

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The week that ended with cheese and sunshine

Sep 1

Another quite pleasant partially sunny day today, after a week of same. I began the week with a quintessential London moment. Walked down a street called, promisingly, Post Office Way, hoping to find a post office at the end of … Continue reading →

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Feeling much better, thank you

Aug 27

What a difference a weekend makes. Especially when taken with nightly doses of Night Nurse, the miracle drug. I have stopped snivelling, mostly, but am cultivating an impressive hacking cough which should keep contaminating fellow passengers at bay long enough … Continue reading →

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Snivelling in splendid sunshine

Aug 25

A partly lost week, thanks to a very special welcome home gift from the population of London from whom I have evidently been receiving toxic spores for the past seven days: something so special the Brits give it its own … Continue reading →

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