It’s just over a week since the clocks went forward, cruelly snatching sixty precious minutes of sleep in order to give us lighter mornings in to summertime. So, how are you coping? Are you bouncing out of bed every morning, excited at what the day will bring? Or are the only beans […]

There’s no escaping the facts: knitting is big again. Handcrafts in general have enjoyed a major resurgence in recent years as more people realise how enjoyable it is to make something with their hands after a day spent slaving over a hot computer, and knitting is perfect - it’s simple, portable and practical.
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Time for a little spring cleaning on the blog now that it’s almost April. First thing to dust off is the blog roll. I’ve been a little lax in keeping on top of all the great sites out there that give us a smile at the TrustedPaces office so let’s start a new regular look […]

• What’s the weirdest business experience you’ve had so far?
“Arriving at a late-afternoon business meeting only to realise after ten minutes that the other person was completely inebriated. It wasn’t a long conversation.”
I’d just like to point out that Walid and Sokratis weren’t talking about me there. I try and keep my inebriation confined […]

Never one to miss the chance to make new friends and catch up with some old ones I nipped along to the Camel and Artichoke near Waterloo last night. The upstairs had been taken over by bloggers for the evening so it was a good chance to mingle and bend the ears of the likes […]

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We like to keep things as relevant and accurate as possible on TrustedPlaces so when I noticed that my review of Coffee@ on Bermondsey Street in SE1 was a tad out of date I popped back in and amended things. I had complained that it was a shame such a great place charged […]

The new Michelin Guide comes out on Friday and despite still having a cover that would look right at home in a caravan circa 1975 its star system is still one to die (dine?) for. Food for Thought is already on the case:
Elsewhere you may see this year’s list of Michelin stars described as unexciting […]