Albert Lee has played with pretty much everyone, which is no surprise considering he’s just about one of the best guitarists...ever. From Eric Clapton to Emmylou Harris, from Vince Gill to James Burton, from Jools Holland to Joe Bonanassa, everyone sings his praises.
The National Trust has launched its first ever beer club, a concept developed in partnership with Delavals Brewers Ltd, with membership to the club starting from as little as £40 a year. With every subscription helping to raise awareness of the National Trust and generating valuable income for the Trust's charitable work, memberships and beer sales will directly be helping the Trust look after special places in its care.
Our VisitBrighton journey would not have been complete without somewhere central to stay, and there is nothing better than actually finding somewhere big enough to accommodate all your family and friends when you want to have a great break away. Vine Street Studios offer ample accommodation for up to 16 people with their retro loft conversion. And when the party comes to you in the form of a mixology class, it is the icing on the cake.
Foodies Festival, the UK's largest celebration of food & drink returns to Brighton Hove Lawns on the 3rd, 4th and 5th May for its fourth consecutive year. Each year the ever-growing festival sees tens-of-thousands of visitors flock from the surrounding areas to feast on a vast array of culinary activities, making Foodies Festival the social event of the summer.
Mixing Oriental customs and a cool, urban setting, Ping Pong Wembley is a trendy addition to Wembley Park's popular Designer Outlet. Offering a wide range of Asian treats, the sleek Ping Pong restaurants offer a big choice of dumplings and steamed buns along with an array of fragrant Chinese soups and rice pots.
Nordic Noir TV is the home of the very best in Scandinavian crime and thriller film & TV and the organisers of Nordicana, the UK's only festival to combine Nordic crime & thriller film & fiction, a genre that exploded after the release of Stieg Larsson's The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) books and films, and the hugely popular BBC4 aired TV series, The Killing, Wallander, Borgen & The Bridge. Yet after the opening day on 1st February the reviews were flowing - and they were less than complimentary, so we took a ride up to The Old Truman Brewery on Sunday 2nd February to take a first-hand look for ourselves.
