A London Journal

Resto 18 Bufala di Londra

The only way this meal could have been improved was if the restaurant was at the end of my street rather than being on the wrong side of the tracks.

The Crouch End Festival and Alfred de Musset

A fun part of the production has been assembling props - a 40s Woodbine astray, an old-fashioned bottle of scotch, a cigarette case and a whiff of 40s in the costume of the characters. And the cast - Anna Rogers, Matt Griffin and Ruari Johnson - have been extraordinarily successful at bringing Musset's characters to life in a faux-Fitzrovian setting.

Resto 17 Khoai Café, Crouch End

Where Kho went wrong Khoai goes right - keep it simple on service and dish up the good stuff.

Resto 16 Koh Thai, Southsea

With a chef like this Koh deserves to be a success whatever shenanigans the front of house team were getting up to.

Resto 15 Matthew’s Kitchen, Crouch End

I'd go back to Matthew's Kitchen - for Crouch End on a Friday evening it was very peaceful with a perfect atmosphere for a bright summer's evening.

Translating Musset

Part of the fun of staging a period piece is assembling (and drinking) the props! A short post on my new theatre production for the Crouch End Festival.

The Crouch End Festival

A brief post rounding up all of the shows being put on by the superabundantly talented Crouch End Players for the Crouch End Festival.

Resto 14 N4 coffee fruit, Stroud Green

Do not under any circumstance play jazz lite over your sound system. Combined with the enervating combined effect of high amounts of caffeine and bad service this could result in a Falling Down style situation. You don't want that. And more to the point nor do your other customers.

Crouch End Festival 2018

Now that A Midsummer Night's Dream has finished it's time to flag up my own next production with the Crouch End Players as part of the Crouch End Festival. As part of an evening of new writing I'm directing a new translation of the French classic, A Door (Should Be Either Open Or Shut).

Resto 13 The Life Goddess Store Street

A gaggle of friendly fellers behind this counter make this the perfect place for authentic Greek cooking in a chilled atmosphere. One of the best so far this year.