Unmitigated England

Last week I tipped up at one of my favourite railway stations, Cromford in Derbyshire. It simply reeks with atmosphere, reached up a quie...

First, a very heartfelt thank you to all those who flew in on Friday night to help me bring English Allsorts out to an unsuspecting public...

On my way to my junior school I would pass a pub (don't do that now) where a black glass plaque on the wall by the door had gilt lett...

This is extraordinary. Colour film of London shot by the amazingly prescient Claude Friese-Greene in 1927. CF-G struggled to get his Bioc...

Five years ago I found myself in The Bull's Head in Craswall, on the Welsh Borders in Herefordshire. I was very taken by these two...

Sometimes I think I'm living in a parallel universe. (Distant chorus: "You are!") About forty years ago the designer John Go...

It all seems so long ago now. A cold lunchtime in late January, with us coming out of a very French wine bar just off the Charing Cros...