October 2025. Leicester. Regular readers will know I’m no fan of history, which is I why I follow a team founded in 2008 and can’t tell my Art Deco from my Art Nouveau (or Garfunkel). But apparently Leicester is even more famous for a dead king than for the all-time footballing miracle or the curry… Continue reading IN SEARCH OF KINGS (AND CAR PARKS)
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BANTAMS IN BRADFORD’S RECORD CAFE
December 2024. Bradford. After a new Bratfud tick and an old classic, surely it’s time for a curry ? The route back into town from the Fighting Cock is an urban classic. That art installation, prepared for the UK City of Culture bid, is entitled “Tyres“. Now, you won’t believe this, but my chosen curry… Continue reading BANTAMS IN BRADFORD’S RECORD CAFE
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MILLSTONE, STAMFORD
September 2024. Stamford. Unlike “up all-night BRAPA“, I take my time cross-checking the old to new GBG, colouring in maps, and compiling a long (long) list of pubs to be visited in GBG25 TY (ticking year). So I’d initially missed the fact we had a bran’ new entry in stunning Stamford, a great town with… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MILLSTONE, STAMFORD
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