I've been playing competitive Scrabble for almost 25 years now, and I often meet people who say "I'm really good at Scrabble". I ask them one simple question "Do you know all your twos?" And invariably I get a glazed…
imauriceNovember 21, 2014
Opera Tavern Having picked up waiter/pop-up restaurateur Max Halley recently, I was very much looking forward to a visit to Opera Tavern in Catherine Street WC2 - a tapas restaurant which was formerly a pub, where he works. He'd told…
imauriceApril 17, 2012
On returning from a Mother's Day outing to Luton, myself and Claire (my editor in chief) stumbled upon a small hotel - Rough Luxe - on Birkenhead Street opposite King's Cross station. The name caught my attention and as we…
imauriceMarch 26, 2012
Our second visit to Zucca, at the lower end of Bermondsey Street, proved even more satisfying than the first. Myself and Claire my delightful partner decided a Valentines’ lunch and a nice walk after in Dulwich Park was a grand…
imauriceFebruary 15, 2012
Yesterday, the 7th of Feb 2012, I was presented with my green and brass badge, which I’ve been working towards for two years and nine months. They call it The Knowledge, which is the study of London in depth within…
imauriceFebruary 8, 2012