Category: The Beat
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The Summer Gin & Tonic Twist
It’s simple, its darling and its the perfect cocktail for the summer. I have never been so enamoured with Gin and Tonic until a friend of mine introduced me to the perfect moment to have it; on a summer evening in Paris having walked the length and breadth of the city, post dinner and before…
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The Summer Cocktail | The Lemon Twist
What do you do when you find yourself awake from an eight-hour night that started at 7pm? Make yourself a lemon martini of course. I am obviously in my lemon era what with all the posts from the Amalfi coast and missing the lemons especially, so I decided one night at 3am to make myself…
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Adolescence
It takes a village to raise a child they say, and Adolescence turns the lens on the village responsible for the child. In the weeks since the release of this series on Netflix we have had the government lauding the subject matter and even the Prime Minister going so far as to suggest the series…
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The Kitchen Table: Broccoli
Broccoli is the only veggie I will eat for free, everything else is under duress. If you see me eating peas know that I am being blackmailed because peas are the worst vegetable ever grown. I’d eat cabbage before peas, and I don’t even like cabbage and don’t you get me on my feelings about…
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IL David di Michelangelo
Masterpiece is a word that gets thrown around too often for it to mean anything these days but in some respects it is a befitting word, maybe even inadequate. La Primavera is, in my opinion, the masterpiece when compared to Venus. The Flat Iron building in Manhattan is an architectural masterpiece. Tutu by Ben Enwonu…
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KENDRICK ON MESSAGE
A lot has been said about Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl just gone past and I am not here to litigate or parse any arguments about it; there are plenty of hot takes and takes of the hot takes for everyone to read. That’s not my intention here. But one thing I do…
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Ox Tail Stew
Ox tail season is upon us and if you know me, if you follow me on any socials you will know how much I love ox tail, I will sell a kidney for one, give you my liver, hell sell the first born child i di not have for ox-tail because I LOVE OX TAIL.…
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WATCH | Sweet Magnolias
A tender kind of storytelling that is perfect for these winter months. For any season really, but I rewatch of this series each winter, if only to cuddle me for the season. We are three seasons deep and in and so far, all seasons are so good. It’s a simple premise, set in a small…
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Cocktails To Ring In The New Year!
It’s New Years’ Eve and we are allowed to indulge and get lit to ring in the New Year. I don’t know about you, but I love a New Year, especially when the 1st starts on a Sunday or Monday… not this year so we’ll take it. Before you kick off with the New Year…