Last week at the Food and Drink Innovation Network's annual FreeFrom seminar, Chef Dominic Teague explained how he came, last year, to relaunch Indigo, the much-loved restaurant at five star West End hotel, One Aldwych with a totally gluten and dairy free menu. A menu, be it …
Phone masts 35 metres from our windows
I have often written about electrosensitivity and mobile phone radiation on this blog – but I never thought I would find myself opposing an installation on the roof of our next door neighbours!! Those many of you who have visited Lawn Road will recognise No 5 on the left …
Call for action on antibiotics
A recent investigation by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics has found antibiotic resistant E coli in UK origin pig and chicken meat sold in major UK food retailers – and they are not happy about it! So they are writing to all of the major supermarkets asking them to work …
Cultural Kirkwall – and bere (pronounced bear) barley
For a very small town (population round 9,000) whose surrounding fields you can see from its centre, Kirkwall has a fine collection of antique buildings. This is what's left of the 16th century bishop's palace (replacing 12th century, 13th century and 14th century palaces) which …
FreeFrom Orkney
Kirkwall Harbour last Monday evening – a truly wonderful sunset followed on Tuesday by glorious blue skies showcasing the Orkney mainland's rolling fields and many lochs at their best. (It didn’t last…. By Wednesday the mists had come down restricting visibility to about …