(ad – pr visit) Cars and restaurants are two of my favourite things. It’s a little unfashionable these days but I’ve a good deal of formative memories centred around obscenely loud and powerful engines and have retained an interest throughout my life. I’ll happily bore you with my collection of books on the history of…
Some places have been part of the York food scene for as long as I can remember. When I first moved to York one of the best value places to hit was Melton’s Too on Walmgate, where I recall a particularly good value early evening tapas offer to take care of a Friday evening. Times…
(ad – pr) I have no idea how many times I’ve visited Castle Howard in the 20+ years I’ve lived in York; certainly well into double digits including a good number taking in the spectacular Christmas decorations and a good number of PR events that I’ve been fortunate enough to be invited to. What I…
(ad – pr) A traditional Afternoon Tea can be a tricky thing to differentiate. So many of them are a series of over-sweet cakes paired with finger sandwiches betraying how long it’s been since they were cut, followed by an underwhelming brace of scones. That being the case, it’s not a natural way for me…
(ad – pr) I’ve been lucky enough to eat at Sora York a good few times now and it never fails to impress. The location is utterly unique in the city and offers quite impressive and spectacular views that, in all honesty, would keep the place busy even if the food offering wasn’t up to…
(ad – pr) Whenever I think I have a handle on all of the best buildings in York it feels like another contender looms into view all ready to wow me again. The concentration of landmark buildings within the city walls is practically endless and there’re plenty of examples around the wider city such as…