Merry men (and some merry women)

November 15, 2021

The only word I had for the opening pomp of COP26 was hypocrisy.I’ll add my vote to the 76% Good Morning Britain poll who had […]

More cake…

November 1, 2021

Good morninglovely people Let them eat cake. Marie Antoinette’s most famous phrase. The other was “I wasn’t expecting that” as the basket shook when her […]

Warning: If you love Boris, this is not for you

October 18, 2021

Good morninglovely people Some people just don’t get it. Let’s agree that we can’t always agree. We may see a different perspective but acknowledgement is […]

What on earth is going on?

October 4, 2021

My 15yo came out with “What on earth is going on?” She was referring to eruptions in Las Palma and earthquakes in Australia. Then her […]

United we stand……..

September 14, 2021

To our dear hospitality colleagues The last 18 months have been an unimaginable nightmare. We’ve been forced to close, trade restricted and now we find […]

Team Hospitality Offer

September 14, 2021

National Hospitality Day and National Family Business Day! The 18th September is National Hospitality Day and the 23rd September is National Family Business Day! So […]

When I said you were escaping my weekly blogs I really “hoped” we would be moving towards a normal

September 6, 2021

Normal really feels like a lifetime ago. Is it just us or do you feel the same? When I said you were escaping my weekly […]

Puppy Love at Contini Venues

August 23, 2021

Last week Victor and I had a few days off. Quite remarkable! So lovely to spend time with the children and for the first time […]

Over the last 75 weeks I’ve truly loved sharing my thoughts

August 10, 2021

Good morning lovely people Today you’re getting freedom from my weekly missives, but as the FM says no freedom from Covid, for some time to […]