Ember Yard is a seriously sophisticated tapas bar in an off the beaten track part of Soho (in as far as it’s ever possible to get off the beaten track a stones throw away from Oxford Street). The restaurant comes from the same people who brought London Dehesa, Salt Yard and Opera Tavern and serves delicious small Italian-Iberian dishes cooked over smoky…
Baltic is the London restaurant to head to if you’re keen to sample Polish and central European food. In their spacious and contemporary Southwark restaurant, Jan Woroniecki’s team cook up a variety of Baltic dishes from buckwheat blinis to rabbit braised in a fragrant broth. The restaurant is a long lasting London favourite and was…
You may have seen on our Facebook Page that we met Lord Livingston, Minister of State For Trade & Investment, at Sesame Lifts . They produce those lovely lifts that appear from disappearing stairs. The video below shows a lift for a residential Listed Building in Edinburgh but I digress, the meeting was a surprising…
Callooh Callay is a Shoreditch bar full of eclectic curios, mismatched furniture and a style of its own. A style which lies somewhere between eccentric and bonkers. The bar’s name comes from the works of Lewis Carroll and this is a space inspired by surreal and fantastical literature – the most obvious example of this…
The Langdale is an award winning, luxury four star hotel and spa in the Lake District. In an isolated setting, on a 35 acre estate, The Langdale offers a choice between exploring the countryside and local town of Ambleside, or staying in and relaxing at the hotel’s spa. The hotel is open and spacious, letting…
The Crown at Whitebrook is a remote and tucked away Welsh restaurant with rooms, near the river Wye and the border with England. Matthew Fort of The Guardian once described its location: “The Crown is not the easiest place in the world to find. It lies off a narrow lane winding between steepling, canopied hills in an odd…
Wilks is a modern French restaurant on Chandos road in Bristol. The chef and owner, James Wilkins, is a real heavy hitter, having worked in two and three Michelin starred restaurants in the UK and France. Last year the Bristol Post even described “his arrival in Bristol to run a small neighbourhood restaurant” as “akin…
Thanks to Laura for sending us this review of the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. The theatre has the largest two-tier auditorium in Britain and can seat 2,348 people, so one would hope that there are plenty of accessible seats inside… Liverpool is an up and coming cosmo-type city – the nightlife is to be recommended apparently. Though…
Thanks to friend of BBS, Nonna, for this helpful review of RHS Garden Wisley in Woking, Surrey – the second most popular gardens in the UK: “I had a great day out at the RHS gardens at Wisley last week and had the opportunity to check out the facilities for wheelchair users. The paths around…