The blurry person hurrying to pay for his chocolate and raspberry jam is Siddo, who sometimes accompanies me on these food critiques. We shared an agreeable afternoon at Bill’s, part of a rather large chain and the latest eaterie to open in Oxford in Northgate Hall. Opposite it is the Oxford Union and next […] Read more
March 2013
Hospitable: adj. giving, disposed to give, welcome and entertainment to strangers or guests: hence-ality adv. (OED) In the Odyssey Homer says that a guest never forgets a host who has treated him kindly but, because hospitality is now widely commercialized to be the cornerstone of the tourism industry, kindness (which springs out of charity, mercy […] Read more
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