One of the pleasures of being of a certain age is seasoned friendships and familiar landscapes. Since the early 1970s, when I stayed often as a schoolboy on a farm…

Cothelstone Manor

Finding a weekend date that 14 friends can all make is tricky enough; finding a house that meets everyone’s requirements is even harder. Salvation arrived in the form of Cothelstone…

Fieldy wedding gifts

So what to do for a wedding gift? Etiquette suggests you should always send a present to the happy couple when you receive an invitation, even if you can’t attend.…

The Connaught hotel exterioer

There are few places that one might want to retire to after the jolly highs of a Field Macnab Dinner. But after the morning after the night before it was…