Inside Whiskers, Newquay, where we saw Newton Faulkner play a free gig

Inside Whiskers, Newquay, where we saw Newton Faulkner play a free gig

If you’re heading out for drinks in Newquay, Gover Lane is a pocket full of great bars including Dead Famous, Slug and Lettuce and, new on my radar – Whiskers. Whilst the venue has been…

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Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

If you could go back, who would you want to meet? This is the question asked on the very first page of Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Originally…

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Learning to love fashion again after a year of dressing down

Learning to love fashion again after a year of dressing down

September sees transitional fashion come into its own. Too cool for shorts and summer dresses, but still too warm for chunky knits and layering. I’m an autumn lover through and through. I’ll pick cosy blankets…

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The Slamwich Club – Stokie cocktails, slam dunks and a secret Backyard bar

The Slamwich Club – Stokie cocktails, slam dunks and a secret Backyard bar

The Slamwich Club was recently named as one of the top 30 burger joints in the country – and despite not actually selling burgers, it’s easy to see why judges were quick to overlook that…

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The Love Square – Laura Jane Williams book review

The Love Square – Laura Jane Williams book review

Men are like buses, you wait for one, and three turn up all at once. That was the case for Penny Bridges – the red-headed protagonist who finds herself in a romantic dilemma in Laura…

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The Love Square – Laura Jane Williams book review

Men are like buses, you wait for one, and three turn up all at once. That was the case for Penny Bridges – the red-headed protagonist who finds herself in a romantic dilemma in Laura…

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The Girl Next Door – the must-see post-lockown play at New Vic Theatre

The Girl Next Door – the must-see post-lockown play at New Vic Theatre

Ad – press night – all views are my own Veteran playwright Alan Ayckbourn, born in 1939, has lived through both the Second World War and the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, his 85th full-length show playfully…

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