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David Strange on the BBC concerning antipsychotics
Egomania

I’m the BBC’s favourite antipsychotic user!

6 May 2012 2 Comments
The BBC News website have picked me out as their favourite antipsychotic user. It is not a very happy story, alas, but sadly it is all true. After waking …
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Starters at The Bengal Sage
Winchester

The Bengal Sage – not an English restaurant

4 May 2012 No Comments
All my life I’ve hated Indian food. This probably has something to do with my sadistic and violent step-father devouring the stuff almost ceaselessly; I had to hate everything …
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Guy should not be looking so happy
Burgundy

Lunch with Guy and Marie-Pierre – could try harder

2 May 2012 4 Comments
On Sunday we had great fun hosting Guy Dennis and his fiancée Marie-Pierre. It was great that Guy had found a partner so charming and generally lovely. Shame only …
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Ricard with Cuvee 735
Burgundy

Pleasures of the flesh with Ricard and Dani

25 April 2012 7 Comments
The charming Ricard Sariola joined Dani and I to celebrate St George’s day with a wing rib of beef. Roast beef is about as English as things get and …
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Davy outside Banh Mi 11
Fast food

Is this London’s best banh mi?

22 April 2012 4 Comments
According to Google I am a serious source of information on banh mi on London. I hope all future searchers visit this article for they will learn of some …
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Our host Peter Sidebotham with Ravenneau Grand Cru 2004
Bordeaux

Burgundy at La Trompette

20 April 2012 8 Comments
Yesterday I had a great meal at La Trompette in Chiswick. The food was marvellous, the company brilliant, but sadly the red Burgundies we took along were extremely disappointing. …
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Ben's Canteen BC Burger
London

Best of British at Ben’s

12 April 2012 No Comments
Ben’s Canteen promises British food done well – they deliver on that promise with cool style. So cool, in fact, that my clothes were not the most drop-dead hip …
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Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote Bouguerots 2005
Chablis

The élan and the enormity

6 April 2012 1 Comment
I’ve said it loads of times: Chablis is the bleeding edge of interesting Chardonnay. This Grand Cru from Fevre is in an intermediate stage of development, but it thrills …
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Alfred Gratien Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2007
Champagne

Brilliant fizz with lunch

5 April 2012 7 Comments
I promised myself a bottle of Champagne to celebrate surviving going under the knife. As I know my GP reads this site I should add I did not open …
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JD Wetherspoon fish and chips
England

Food and drink is all about pleasure

4 April 2012 15 Comments
I wish to discuss the truly important character of food and drink: pleasure. I will illustrate this with a meal at a branch of JD Wetherspoon. This article is …
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