I’m interrupting the tale of my parents’ trip around Japan to share a short trip I took to Scotland last … More

Okonomiyaki

From the castle we walked the short distance to the centre of town and found a nice restaurant for an evening … More

Up and down a volcano

We went up Mount Hakone in a cable car and could smell the sulphur which is constantly seeping out of cracks in … More

The next day we went on a tour to Mount Fuji, then on to Hakone and finally dropped us off at … More

We took the underground again, changing twice, so as to visit the gardens of the imperial palace. From the underground … More

After breakfast in the coffee shop in the same building as the hotel we set out to see some of … More

I haven’t been travelling much myself, however my parents have been on a number of great trips since I told you … More

On 2 September 1666 a fire broke out in a baker’s house on Pudding Lane, London. It spread across the … More

One of the special exhibitions on at the V&A this year is about the influence Ove Arup had on design and … More

The V&A has an extensive permanent collection on display throughout the building. I sometimes think the permanent exhibition gets a bit … More