There are so many Turkish restaurants in London, I can't profess to have been to them all, and none I have been to so far live up to the food I had in Istanbul. However this little place in Stoke Newington offers a few really good mezze and is right next to one of the prettiest ...

The sprawling mess of Camden Market is like a dragon's den piled high with towers of fool's gold with just a handful of real gold nuggets hidden within. The main task is to sift through and find those golden stalls that make the effort all worthwhile! My favourite place in Camden market used to be Nepali ...

A lot of people I know spend a lot of money on meaningless physical gifts, and while that's fine, I personally feel that even if you do have the money and want to splash out, a present should be something special, something that wouldn't make sense if you gave it to anyone else. Now I can't ...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice... T. S. Eliot

'Adored your poem in the Beaver this week. You should drop the degree and live in a secluded forest and pen every thought that runs through your beautiful literary mind.' R.M.