2010-01-13 17:12
“I can hear the sound of the great unwashed, thundering over the horizon, Peregrine, fortune favours the brave, what!”
Theobald Tanqueray Thompkinson, leaning unsteadily forwards… Read More
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The extraordinary adventures of Peregrine Percival Oatenshaw, itinerant wine critic and bon viveur
2008-12-30 16:43
The ram lowers its head and charges.
Pieces of sheep soar majestically into the air as I gun the motor, throw back my head and roar my defiance. The whey faced shepherd stares, horrified as… Read More
2008-12-12 22:44
Miss Lavinia Letitia Lamont, ‘Topsy’ to her friends. I roll the name around my tongue, savouring the clipped consonants and flowing vowels. Never has a daughter so graceful, been… Read More
2008-10-11 17:07
My rage gets the better of me at times, and as the Bugatti careens across the South Circular, attracting the attention of what transpires to be an unmarked police car, my temper twitches and… Read More
2008-09-21 08:21
“You’re looming again Peregrine, I will not tolerate being loomed over…”
Great Aunt Augustine, as grimly determined to hang on to her vast fortune and crumbling esta… Read More
2008-09-13 14:58
This splendidly chilly Autumn day, sun wearily lighting the cobbles, the mews ringing with the sound of a powerful engine spluttering into life. The type 35 Bugatti, painstakingly restored… Read More
2008-09-07 11:45
The Stilton, pungent and creamy, melted into my palate like mist, crackers roughing up the tongue, a generous slug of Cockburn’s clearing the stage for a second, prolonged assault.
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2008-08-30 16:47
After pausing for a restorative brandy at the Turks Head in Marylebone High Street, I found myself ascending the stairs at Baker Street somewhat later than I had anticipated – the page… Read More
2008-08-23 15:44
I reached the Police station by way of Marylebone road in less than an hour, and announced myself to the desk sergeant, rubbing my hands in gleeful anticipation – if I could convince… Read More
2008-08-16 09:53
The family’s connection to the famous Sherlock Holmes is something we usually keep under wraps, so to speak. The facts, involving as they do, the most unspeakable crimes, do not reflec… Read More
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