I was 9 when my dad came home with his green badge strung around his neck and huge grin of relief on his face. He’d finally passed the Knowledge, a test that requires them to know detailed information about roughly 60,000 roads in London, plus over 100,000 places of interest.…
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Borough Market for me evokes so many wonderful memories. Wine with friends at Bedales, the annual Christmas cheese pilgrimage with my dad to Neal’s Yard Dairy and buying tubs and tubs of delicious olives at Borough Olives. And Roast restaurant, sitting high above the market floor, is another place that…
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Meet Kingly Court’s restaurants… I’ve kept this hideaway in London quiet for a while now because it’s so little, and can get so busy, that I worry that if it becomes too popular, I’ll never be able to eat in there again. However my new job sees me stare out…
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Driving up the winding road into the hills, I gazed down at the beautiful coastline of Puglia, bordering patchwork fields of olive trees. I was heading away from the main city of Bari where we landed, and was on my way to the tranquility of the Tenuta Monacelle hotel, a…
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If you’re freaking out about going to university, we’ve all been there. Even if you’re the most eager fresher out there, it’s totally understandable to feel a LITTLE apprehensive about moving away from home and into student accommodation with a bunch of strangers. This time five years ago, I found…
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