Posts tagged ‘UK’

All housework and no play

“I’ve convinced myself that the urge and ability to clean well is a personality thing. In a feeble attempt to soothe my creeping sense of inadequacy, I rationalise that I may not be the world’s best cleaner, but I have other talents and other priorities. Deep down though, I’d like to be one of those people who can keep a tidy house, look glamorous, write a PhD, hold down a decent job and raise numerous perfect and well-behaved children.” Miranda Irving wonders why she can never keep the house tidy.

Stuck in Sutton

“We returned to the UK in May 2005 for a spell and moved back into our own house in Sutton in June. Here’s a brief review of a couple of eating and drinking places we’ve visited which have stood out from the rest. One of them, unfortunately, for the wrong reasons.” Some of the best places to eat and drink in the London Borough of Sutton – and one of the worst.

Tate Online

[pics and logo] Experience art from anywhere in the world via BT and Tate Online Tate Online’s front page Are you feeling culturally marooned? Are you…

In search of the Perfect School Lunch

“The very mention of school dinners to anyone who has experienced them is likely to conjure up images of characterful dinner ladies and uniquely unpleasant meal options. Who can forget spotted dick, ‘frog spawn’ (tapioca), soggy cabbage, lumpy custard, ‘gristle’ pie (dog food?) and the much-maligned instant mashed potato, randomly garnished with hair-of-chef or fingernail-of-dinner lady?” All that may be a thing of the past, as Miranda Irving finds out…

Fortescue Arms hotel and carvery in Woolacombe, North Devon

Fishing for compliments

“Much of the disappointment was created by the great build-up they gave themselves. We thought we were in for a treat. Not so.” Kay and Dave stayed overnight in North Devon in August 2005 – here’s their verdict on the Fortescue Arms in Woolacombe…