Q&A with Keith Nicholas – manager of The John Baird
I popped along to talk to Keith Nicholas about his role as manager at the local community pub, The John Baird. [...]
Drink
Everything you need to know about wine, beer, spirits from your Local North London Magazines: Muswell Flyer – Highgate Handbook – Crouch End Connection
3 Healthy Breakfast Smoothies
Bored with your usual breakfast or afternoon snack? Give these nutritious smoothies a whirl. Kale Smoothie with Pineapple and Banana This green smoothie gets its signature [...]
Uisge beatha
With long dark Winter nights ahead, you might be in the mood for a wee dram. Scottish single malt is the most popular premium whisky on the market. This was not always so. [...]
Christmas Cocktails
Winter Pimm’s punch Ingredients 500ml Pimm’s 500ml brandy 1½ l apple juice ice 2 cinnamon sticks apple, sliced orange, sliced Method Combine the Pimm’s and [...]
Feliz Navidad
Our esteemed editor tells me this is the copy for November and December which means it’s the Christmas issue – apologies to those of you who are reading this in November [...]
Coast to Coast
Ask the man or woman on the 134 bus about North American wines and they’ll probably tell you, correctly, that they mainly come from California. They may also tell you that [...]
A Good Year for the Rosés
If I awoke after 100 years’ slumber, feeling slightly disorientated on the time front, were I to sit in our shop for a spell, to readjust, I would certainly know it was [...]
G is for …
It’s started. We’ve enjoyed the first proper sun of the year which means only one thing, the rosé season is upon us. So Grenache, a grape traditionally associated with [...]
Bubbles, pretty bubbles
Christmas is a distant memory, except perhaps when you look at your waistline and credit card bills, dry January is over and we have the Spring to look forward to with a few [...]
Winter Blues
It’s an odd business, writing copy a month in advance. On a balmy October day you find yourself contemplating Christmas, cold evenings, warming reds. You’re thinking of [...]