Today’s Special

Today’s Special

On the menu today we have the Chef’s Special of Pan-Seared Sea Scallops and Jumbo Prawns, served with a white wine reduction, butternut squash purée, and crispy shallots. Or how about Veal Chop with Porcini Mushroom Cream Sauce, accompanied by dauphinois potatoes and...
Reasons for Seasons

Reasons for Seasons

The words of the Teacher (or Preacher, or Philosopher), found in the book of Ecclesiastes 3, written close on three thousand years ago, still apply very much today: “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time...
What’s so bad about losing?

What’s so bad about losing?

What do we hate? [Note, we ask ‘what’, not ‘who’!] For some of us it may be traffic jams, the dentist’s drill or slow internet; for others, it may be people arriving late, bullies or arrogance. It may simply be selfish behaviour. But what about this: do we hate Monday...
SS Danger

SS Danger

The doctor looked at the young man and said, “You need to get in shape, young man”, to which the young man replied, “I am in shape; round is a shape!” The story is no doubt apocryphal but the need to keep in shape is important for our health and well-being; we even...
Hope is Fragile

Hope is Fragile

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, in a US Open second-round qualifier in 1983, Barbara Bramblett was trailing 0-6, 0-5 and facing three match points against her at love-40 when serving in game six of the second set against her opponent, Ann Hulbert....