I am leaving for France tomorrow, which has me dreaming of carrots. On a visit to the Loire Valley some years ago, I stayed at a 19th-century water mill turned country hotel. The resident chef at Le Moulin Bregeon, Pascal, prepared carrots which were so spectacularly delicious it entirely changed my view of carrots. They …
I took hundreds of photos on my trip to India’s Rajasthan, where dramatic hilltop forts and ornate palaces tell the story of the “Land of the Kings”. Now home, I look through them and admire the Mughal architecture and glittering palace interiors, but it’s the photos of the people I met which I most appreciate. …
Most of us have come to the end of a favorite book and felt very sorry to say goodbye to the characters. We’ve lived alongside them as we read, we’ve been a part of their lives. Lady Mary Curzon was a real historical person whose story is woven together with fiction, in my historical novel. So I’ve …
Read moreVisiting Kedleston Hall, the Curzon Ancestral Estate
