I know this subject seems miles away from my normal area of expertise, but please have a look & let me know what you think. I am so sickened by the whole Royal Bank of Scotland bonus debate. It is a small, almost irrelevant, part of a much larger and infinitely more important question which [...]
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STEPHEN HESTER – An Alternative View
Posted in Food, Borough Market, Northfield Farm, Restaurant, Recession, Food Writing, tagged Conservative, Stephen Hester, Royal Bank of Scotland, Hester, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, London, Investment Banks, Credit Suisse First Boston, Financial Times, Bonus, RBS, Nomura, Recession on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Delivering Piglets
Posted in Air Ambulance, Beekeeping, Borough Market, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Christmas, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Classic Cars, Food, Food & Farming, Food Writing, Honey, Meat, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Motor Bikes, Northfield Farm, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs, Recession, Restaurant, Traceability, tagged baby pigs on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry if this is a bit long, but I hope it puts the reader right into the straw with me & shares the gore & the glory of the experience. I got back to the farm from a night away and went straight to check our first British Lop Sow Sally. She had seven [...]
And thegirls are still smoking
Posted in Air Ambulance, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Budget, Christmas, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Food, Food & Farming, Honey, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Motor Bikes, Northfield Farm, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs, Recession, Restaurant on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this in early 2009. I was driving over London Bridge on my way to Borough Market. The financial world was dancing on its head. The Borough Market management seemed to be living on a different planet from normal mortals and the future looked very uncertain indeed. The sun was shining brightly and as [...]
Posh Birds
Posted in Air Ambulance, Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Budget, Christmas, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Classic Cars, Food, Food & Farming, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, Motor Bikes, Northfield Farm, Pies, piglets, Rare Breed Pigs, Recession, Restaurant on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this two years ago as the realisation of a real modern recession began to set in. It is a measure of something that little has changed. The Posh, well reared birds still seem to selling, so not too much has changed there, but the economy seems to be as uncertain as ever. [...]
Diary of a Restaurateur
Posted in Borough Market, British Lop Pigs, Christmas, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Food, Food & Farming, Northfield Farm, Rare Breed Pigs, Restaurant, tagged Restaurant on December 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Funny old game this. Last night, Saturday, we were empty. Not one single diner. Chef, me and one other, candles lit, gas and lights burning, logs on the fire and the central heating boiler fighting to repel the cold wind attempting to break in. Today, Sunday, we were almost full with a combination of booked [...]
