There’s a theory around that yogic meditation can heighten the experience of eating and drinking. Can one truly be a yogi and a foodie?Being a food lover in your mid-40s involves carrying something of an occupational health burden. Like many men of substance I keep my cholesterol low with statins. I also keep my blood [...]
Waitrose is ranked first with a satisfaction rating of 79% in a poll carried out by Which?When money is tight consumers might be expected to make price the priority when choosing a supermarket, but in a survey today upmarket Waitrose is named Britain’s most popular supermarket.Waitrose is ranked first with a satisfaction rating of 79% [...]
Truth – is one of the most divine 5 letter words in the entire English language. It is also among the most debated. It varies from person to person. Life’s experience colours one’s perception of it. So what is the actual truth – yours or mine?
What happened when a hard-core skincare refusenik embarked on a gruelling moisturising, upliftiting and revitalising regime?Nita Ladwa wants to know if I am relaxed. This should be an enjoyable experience, she tells me. Sadly, I am not yet carefree and drifting into the realms of bliss, even after extensive moisturising, the application of creams and [...]
‘I could feel teeth now – the male was chewing the back of my head, like a dog toying with a bone’As a keen traveller, I’d always wanted to spend some time in Africa. So, two years after qualifying as a teacher, I took time off from my primary school in Essex to teach English in Tanzania. [...]
Rupert Isaacson believes riding has transformed his autistic son. Now he wants others to benefit from his experience. But is it too good to be true?It’s a windswept, freezing January afternoon on a remote beach in Scotland, and I’m watching four horses, each with a child on its back, plodding across the pebbles. Eight-year-old Rowan [...]
There’s no more surprising food experience than a revelatory rediscovery. What are your feelings about the iceberg lettuce?I suppose it’s an occupational hazard in this job but I rarely come across an entirely new food that surprises and delights me. Most dishes that chefs come up with are variations on well loved and tested themes. [...]