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Grooming and relationships

On this organ we sometimes poke fun at the ways of the media – you know the sort of thing, ‘silly summer stories’, spectacular ‘fails’ going viral, and of course the time-honoured staple of madcap scientific surveys with blanket generalisations for conclusions that are either [...]

September 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

A trying day

Yesterday I had a meeting with the editor of The Rust as he wanted me to contribute a regular article on business. Apparently my contribution to the article on alternative investments was well received. I duly met Richard Bolton at my local yacht club. I am no yottie but it has a good view over the [...]

August 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

A bit of a find

Yesterday I teamed up with a brother for a military-style mission to take our 91 year old father to a Harley Street consultation in central London. My brother did the ‘pick up’ by travelling to the coast and driving said parent to my place in south London, after which my contribution would be [...]

August 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Cornish Restaurant update

I have been uniformly impresseed by the service , price and freshness of food at all the Cornish restaurants we have visited on the trip. HAVENERS This used to be called Food for Thought but the owner had his collar felt for unlawful abstraction of gas. It’s now owned by St Austell Brewery [...]

August 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ The Jetty, Chichester Harbour

For many years Murrays at the Ship Hotel was the destination of choice for a meal at Chichester. It has now been taken over by the Harbour chain that operate boutique hotels along the south coast. It’s had a total makeover with the familiar mustard banquettes of the Brighton Harbour. It keeps [...]

July 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ updates

  English’s My recent visit more or less coincided with a less than positive review in The Mail on Sunday from Andrew Parker Bowles. The gist of his critique was that he was disappointed when ordering off piste by the tempura oysters and tuna tartare and at £49 the lobster thermidor was [...]

July 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / The Jetty, Brighton Harbour Hotel

Too many restaurant critics confine their review to openings. A restaurant then is on its best behaviour and it may take a bit of time to bed in. Also regular diners tend to have their favourites and are not normally so adventurous as to try a new one. Add to this, the PR company of a new [...]

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard /Marrocco

I have often complained that the British gastronomic tradition lacks the concept of the “restaurant du quarter” (neighbourhood restaurant) unlike France. So in this regard I am delighted to recommend Marrocco on the esplanade at Hove. Old man Renato Marrocco came to England in 1962. [...]

June 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / Pike and Pine

Chef Matt Gillan earned his stripes at the Pass, South Lodge Hotel near Horsham and deservedly so. The food on his grazing menu was spectacular, my only criticism that you had to perch on stools. He has now opened the Pike and Pine in Brighton. Curiously by day it is the Redcoaster Cafe. Brighton [...]

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Wolseley , Hakkasan, Providores, Olivo

Most restaurant reviewers typically review new restaurants but I regard it as my function to keep regular updates on my faves. The reality is that most diners have 2/3 trusted places where they are known, like the cuisine , service and welcome and patronise these regularly. Over the past few days I [...]

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

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