Shelley Wintle says: “I live in Italy and have just spent a fortnight in England. The waiters and waitresses had no idea what they were doing, got dishes and prices wrong, and were just totally incompetent. Also, they used language I couldn’t comprehend. “But my worst experience, which occurred years ago in a Chichester pub, … Read more
Festivals British festivals undoubtedly have their moments. I’ve witnessed a few: at the Isle of Wight, the soon-to-be-late Jimi Hendrix tearing it up, and Joni Mitchell getting pelted with beer cans; at Reading, the Stones; and at Cambridge, my tent being burned down while the Fairports played. Britain still has some crackers – Edinburgh, Glastonbury, … Read more
When Caroline Longmore, a French nutritionist, married a Brit and moved from Paris to London, she found herself “horrified” by the way people ate. “I realised that people here had not learnt about moderation,” she explains to me, in a charmingly thick accent. “The French are just so much better at looking after themselves, but I … Read more