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We love...Peter Pan-themed afternoon tea

Tempting cupcakes at the Lancaster.

I’m the girl who refuses to grow up, and why should I? I have five younger brothers and sisters and a five-year-old niece. I get to go to the park, run around at the zoo and be the cool older sister and aunt. I take the role very seriously and in my latest attempt to hold on to my crown, I took my niece Kess for her first fairy dust-sprinkled afternoon tea.

We Love...Vintage Norwich

I love Norwich. Its culture, its restaurants and most of all, its fashion...

We love...The Goshawk Inn

Always a northern boy at heart, I enjoy nothing more than a trip back oop north. On my most recent visit home, I got the chance to indulge in my favourite gastronomic delight: The Goshawk Inn, Cheshire...

We love...Biddy's Tea Room

As the streets become particularly leaf-strewn, the days shorter and the mornings a lot more chilly we think there's nothing like a good hot cuppa and a slab of homemade cake to keep the cold out. We  find it especially hard to resist a comforting carb and Earl Grey session at Biddy's in Norwich...

We love...cheap but chic high tea in London

Delicate choux pastry swans carrying blueberries on their backs, pastel-pink macaroons filled with strawberries and cream…

The Bat & Ball in Hambledon

I have to visit a lot of pubs in my line of work. I know, it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. But it’s not all beer and roses, or even pub lunches. As the Managing Editor of The Publican magazine I’m often analysing pubs from top to bottom for different projects or judging them for awards...