Reviews

I may have reached Peak Smug on a recent Sunday, eating lunch at The Good Grub restaurant at the back of the very grand Grand Hotel building. Not only was I eating vegan and saving a tiny cloud of farmed animal emissions, I watched torrential rain cascade off the green

The first item on the agenda to note is … this place has a lot of cats. In fact, there are 16 featured on the website, not all of which are visible to the naked eye inside the café. I forgot to count how many were draped across hammocks, tucked inside

Is this where the Brexit vote came from? The spot where King Harold was slain by the invading Norman French 957 years ago. William of Normandy was respectful of where his enemy died, so a stone tablet marks the place. Standing on the ridge of Senlac Hill, one strains to

There are probably many corners of Eastbourne still redolent of the 1950s, despite the shiny allure of 2023 with its new-fangled shopping centre and block-paved bus lanes. And there’s nothing wrong with a solid bit of yesteryear when it’s bathed in a golden glow. That was when you

The mantra ‘location, location, location’ does not only apply to where you live, as Kirsty and Phil of the Channel 4 house-hunting show of the same name stipulate. It’s pretty crucial with eating out too. Whether it’s handy for public transport if you're well refreshed or

It often seems moaning about ‘the council’ is Britain’s national pastime. Most Facebook groups would be tumbleweed-quiet (apart from the missing cat notices) if you stripped out all the “Why don’t they...?” comments complaining about Wherevertown Council. I’m all for local authority scrutiny and impartial reports by