‘Sharp, witty, tender’: Frank & Percy On Stage
Not even two Titans of the stage, including an octogenarian knight of the realm, could perform a King Canute against flooding that engulfed the Theatre Royal Windsor and cancelled the…
Gill Martin
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Gill Martin is an award winning travel writer and former Fleet Street journalist – Daily Mail reporter, Daily Express feature writer and Sunday Mirror Woman's Editor.
She is a freelance writer for national newspapers from the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph to tabloids, magazines, regional newspapers and websites.
After a six month career break after the Indian Ocean tsunami where she volunteered as a communications consultant in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for Plan, the children's charity, she is now focused on travel.
From skiing everywhere from Kashmir to Argentina, Morocco to Turkey, North America and all over Europe; snow shoeing in Canada; captain of the GB team of the Ski Club of International Journalists; whitewater rafting down the Zambezi; electric mountain biking in Switzerland and cycling in Portugal; Kenyan and South African safaris; riding elephants in India and horses in Brazil; paint balling in Romania; opera and archeology in Serbia; Caribbean snorkelling; sampling food and wine in Italy.
Bao Buns Soft Enough To Snooze On
It was a pillow so soft, white and inviting you could happily lay down your head. Instead we munched our way through the downy delicacy, stuffed with spicy pork and…
Theatre: Happy Birthday Sunita
A jolly family of three generations of British South Asians took up 15 seats in the stalls of the Theatre Royal, Windsor, and chuckled their way through two short acts…
Misandrist: A Toe-Curling Take on Sexual Equality
It’s billed – forgive the pun – as a penetrating new play. The Misandrist is a dark comedy with two actors and lots of dildos and butt plugs. Pegging is…
Stack & Match at Union Social
It’s the new kid on the block. All shiny, sleek and sparkling The Gantry hotel launched its Union Social restaurant just last month (April). If your idea of a hotel…
Horror & Hilarity in The Walworth Farce
Prepare for a challenging night out at the theatre when you book The Walworth Farce. First challenge is finding the venue: Southwark Playhouse Elephant. It’s so new that even the…
Lillie Langtry Relaunches In Style
Back in the day a pub would be judged on the excellence of its ale – draught bitters, stouts and lagers in sturdy tankards or straight glasses. But now it’s…
Art Deco Dining At TOZI Grand Café
Tate Modern boasts the Turbine Hall. Battersea Power Station has TOZI Grand Café, a top notch Italian restaurant that gives foodies a feast in what feels like an art gallery.…
Portuguese Wine Pairings For Christmas
If you can’t judge a book by its covers then maybe you can’t judge a wine by its label. Here’s one that should leap off the supermarket shelves as you…
Garrett Millerick – Just Trying To Help
He’s grumpy. He’s angry. He’s optimistic. But most of all he is blisteringly funny. Stand-up Garrett Millerick brings his particular brand of humour to London this week with Just Trying…