BY ROGER WATSON The waiter suggested that I might want to try another restaurant as they had a sixteenth birthday party taking place that evening. He indicated a long table set for about twenty people but, as I had already been seated and had a panoramic view of the Boccadasse harbour in Genoa, I was reluctant to move. Then my heart sank. In walked twenty … Continue reading Eataly*
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN There is a bar in Ermita, Manila which is the least politically correct bar I have ever ended up in, as far as I can (or wish) to remember. The Hobbit House, founded in 1973, is run by very short people and is a good place to sip on ice-cold imported beers opened by very short people. It is a location where … Continue reading Little Things, Big Difference?
BY PAUL T HORGAN One aspect of the current situation is that television viewers have been treated to a rather limited version of Through the Keyhole. The original programme had sauce impresario Lloyd Grossman touring the well-appointed interior of someone’s dwelling, inviting viewers to guess the occupant. The modern version is the inadvertent consequence of people having to appear on television while also practising self-isolation. Rather … Continue reading Bookcase Wars
