The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards named Where are the grown-ups? as a finalist in the 2020 Adult Non-Fiction category. It's rare in any book award to receive specific feedback from…
Reviews for Where are the grown-ups?
'In the end we can only just write what we see and what we feel and you've done that beautifully.' Jason Solomons BBC Radio London Part history, part memoir, uncovering secrets,…
Take me back to the China Sea
I have been ‘fancying a Chinese’ for quite a few weeks now, mainly because Tim has been raving about a particular dish he tried one lunchtime at Dubai’s China Sea restaurant and has been promising to take me there to share the joy.
The stars aligned and here we are, outside a beacon of red and gold illuminated kitsch that signals this is going to be a memorable dining experience. Every Chinese adornment, from fringed and bobbing lanterns to rampant mythical beasts, is on show at this Dubai institution and then some. (more…)