Tag: A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol and a Turkish Meal

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Christmas is a time for traditions and for me growing up, it meant being taken to a show, most often The Nutcracker ballet, which I went to every year for many years. I’ve started that tradition with the grandsons and have tickets again for just after Christmas. However, a new tradition has also come in […]

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A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic & Supper at Tas Restaurant

.Reading time 13 minutes.

       ‘A wonder to behold’  Telegraph   ‘A joyful, bravura piece of stagecraft’  London Evening Standard       ‘A magical revival’  The Times ******** My eldest grandson Freddie (9) is showing an interest in theatre, which is wonderful, and a few weeks’ ago I promised to find out what was on at […]

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Mulled Wine for the Festive Season

.Reading time 15 minutes.

When Waitrose Cellar got in touch with me last month telling me about their promotion of ‘Mulled Wines Around the World’ and asking if I’d like to write something for it on my blog, my mind immediately turned to winter snow scenes and apres ski (apres ski because you would never catch me on a ski […]

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