For my birthday, my husband took me to Thyme, in Southrop. Thyme is a luxury Cotswolds hotel that describes itself as a ‘village within a village’. It is family owned and started life as a cookery school in 2007. Over the next 10 years it was developed, buildings were restored…
Updated August 2025 We’re partial to a bit of Italian on a Saturday for lunch. Isn’t everyone? Whilst Italian cuisine is one of the best in the world (or THE best if you’re speaking to my Italian husband) there can be bad or ‘meh’ Italian restaurants. Believe me, there is…
If you’ve not been to Paddington, in London, for a few years you may be forgiven for thinking it’s basically just a major train station or a quick way to get to central London from Heathrow. But you’d be wrong! Paddington is such a vibrant area now with loads of…
George Barrow, a 19th century writer, described Norwich as ‘a fine city’ and a fine city it certainly is. Located on the River Wensum, in the county of Norfolk, Norwich is under two hours by train from London – making it a great day out or a perfect getaway for…
