Archive for October 2008

The Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House not long before turning out timeIn the normal course of events, one has a couple of chances to have a look at a young Bordeaux vintage, both opportunities being organised by the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux. The first nibble of the bunch occurs in l…

Isabella Jane Bowes: the fruit of her mother's labour(s)I made a fundamental mistake in my circular email announcing the arrival of Baby Bowes Mk.2. When one's offspring show a determined unwillingness to enter the world, their arrival is greeted with such an outpouring of personal relief one imagin…