The news that Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13th July sent a chill down my spine . You see it’s personal between the Donald and me . He has been following me. Or at least in my footsteps when he comes to Europe First it was Taormina for the G7. He…
I was big in Iceland for about the fabled 15 minutes . I even got to meet the President and visit the Hofdihaus – famous as where Reagan and Gorbachev met for the first Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) which created the period of Detente / Glasnost / Peristroika . A period that we have…
‘It’s the other side of the city ‘ said the helpful receptionist when I asked whether I could walk to the football stadium ‘I’ll get you a taxi ‘ . Of course the flaw in the plan was I had no idea of the way back . After the match I followed the tide of…
….actually it is the Malmaison now but I did have the Warden’s Room and it was a chance to visit my old rooms in the Turl ..
I really wasn't expecting to be spending an evening with Freddie Mercury in a Greek Amphitheatre when I checked into the Grand Hotel Timeo
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Every Englishman should have his own castle - even if it's just for the weekend
is a delightful place to stay ….and you will discover the monks’ cells were not as bereft of comfort as you always imagined .
