A morning spent at MOMA, Van Gogh ✅ Picasso ✅ Matisse (stealing a living).

A most enjoyable evening at the Gaucho cigar club at Hampstead. The Glenfiddich 21 year old Gran Reserva was particularly agreeable.

Currently at Tate Britain and it would appear that the phenomenon of ‘A day at the races’, with the racing not being the focal point is not something new. “Setting the racing in the margins” 1858.

It’s Friday night a little Chateaubriand would appear in order Jack Adcock , I’m not sure what the rest of the family is having.

Excellent value Set lunch menu The Hand & Flowers . Even better when Shewhomustbeobeyed is paying, Tom Kerridge .

It’s Monday and the sun is shining (temporarily), what else are you going to do? #moneywithoutwork #eachwayapleasure etc etc

At least the weather has finally taken a turn for the better Ikos Resorts

The setting and the food an excellent bellwether for things to come at Ikos Odisia .

It’s Easter Sunday here in Corfu, went to an Orthodox Greek Church for midnight mass. Followed by the breaking of the fast with the traditional lambs liver soup and red eggs. It’s fair to say it’s an acquired taste.

Le soleil brille, tandoori chicken on the Big Green Egg UK ably assisted by Mrs Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery , let the games begin.

Crab Benedict, the perfect start to the bank holiday weekend.

My neighbour invited me to “come over for a BBQ” yesterday, it’s fair to say he’s set the standard quite high.

What better place to be on a bank holiday Monday than at the home of cricket? Who said that the County game is dying?

A most enjoyable Father’s Day lunch thanks to number one son. The apple does not fall far from the tree.

Let the games begin.

Hardwick Hall Derbyshire, this green and pleasant land.

Chatsworth House English Heritage in all its glory.

Staying in a City centre hotel in Oxford this weekend. Overnight parking at the hotel £45 per night. As my old friend Martyn of Leicester would say “Money without work”.

No finer place to be on a sunny Sunday afternoon in late summer than day 4 of a County Championship match. This green and pleasant land.

Currently living in a villa in a vineyard in the South of France, they make a very approachable Chardonnay.