Bath is renowned for its choice of restaurants and we found one that the whole family enjoyed… Let’s be honest, there’s a pretty impressive range of places to eat out in Bath. As another shop closes it seems to be taken over by ever more funky eateries and alluring restaurants, ranging from tapas to tortillas,...
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Review – a family visit to Heavenly Desserts, the home of perfect puddings, in Bath
Sometimes it can be a lot easier than usual to talk the children into a family trip out. Explain that here’s one includes the chance to enjoy a range of frankly gorgeous desserts, along with colourful mocktails and stunning milkshakes, and chances are they’ll be piling into the car faster than after a promise of...
Review – a Halloween visit to After Dark at House of Frankenstein in Bath
It’s time to leave the littles with granny and venture into the scary side of Bath with a spooky trip to House of Frankenstein – if you dare… As Halloween approaches and the scary beasts and monsters of Bath emerge from their underground lairs, there’s one place for the chance of fright has just increased...
Lunch at Dyrham Park followed by a walk around the gorgeous grounds
Dyrham Park on a sunny day is the sort of place that recharges the batteries like few others. And clearly we weren’t the only ones in need of some fresh air and greenery, with the main car park by no means full, but certainly busier than we had expected for a midweek visit. Entry to...
Review – The Darkside of Pink Floyd at Komedia Bath
Ian Waller enjoys an evening of Pink Floyd nostalgia at the Komedia, Bath With more and more of the great rock and pop bands destined never to tour again, with the ticket prices for the remaining few often way too expensive for many fans, it’s left to the ever-growing band of tribute acts to fill...
Review – Family Sunday roast at The Rising Sun in Lacock
“Banging potatoes,” exclaimed my youngest, as he set upon the roast meal that had just been served to him from the sharing board at The Rising Sun in Lacock. And be was absolutely right – in fact, this had to be just about the best pub Sunday roast we had ever enjoyed! The Rising Sun...
Review – a meal for two at newly opened The Bath Townhouse
Ian Waller and his wife enjoy a midweek meal out at a classy new venue with excellent service What makes a good meal out? Certainly the food is top of the list, but also the service, setting and general ambience of the eatery are all so important as well. Fortunately, The Bath Townhouse, Bath’s newest...
Review: Stranger Things: The Experience – can you stop Vecna!
Brent Cross in North London might not jump to mind as the obvious place to encounter demonic man-eating demogorgons, indulge in dubious scientific experiments or indeed save the world from imminent destruction, but then this is world of Stranger Things, that TV phenomena that is entrancing teenagers and – let’s be honest – their mums,...
Review – Into The Woods at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller enjoys one of the brightest, most creative and colourful stage productions that he’s ever seen. Then came the interval… The evening had started well with typically excellent tapas at Pintxo, surely one of Bath’s best eateries, just a few doors up from the Theatre Royal and clearly hosting a good few diners arriving...
Review – Bath born dancer dazzles in Phaedra and Minotaur at the Ustinov Studio, Bath
Katy Hancock visits the Ustinov in Bath to see a former dance student from Bath on the stage Laurel Dalley Smith has returned to the Theatre Royal’s Ustinov stage for the first time since her debut at age nine. A student of Bath’s Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance, now a member of the Martha Graham...
Review – a meal for two at The Horse and Groom Inn in Malmesbury
Ian Waller and his wife enjoy a grown-ups only meal out at lovely country pub in Wiltshire School may be out for summer, but sometimes we parents and carers need a little downtime too, and there’s nothing better than a meal out at a country pub. So last night, we left the children to ready...
Review: Family night out for pizza and a drink at the Bath Pizza Co
Ian Waller and his family make a welcome return visit to the Bath Pizza Co OK, now it’s official – we have discovered the best pizzas in Bath. No, it wasn’t our first visit to Bath Pizza Co, but it had been a while and our latest family meal out there only proved what we...
Review: a family meal out at The Architect in Bath
A family celebration led to a meal out at Bath’s newest restaurant It was a celebration after all – marking my youngest son’s starring role in the school play – so we needed somewhere suitably swanky and family-friendly to mark the occasion. Where better than Bath’s newest eatery, The Architect, at the ground floor of...
Review: Brompton electric folding bike – just the thing for the easy commute
Ian Waller (no, that’s not me in the photo!) commutes for a week on a Brompton folding electric bike and loves every minute! If you’re thinking about how to deal with the daily commute – perhaps getting a bus pass or buying a second car – could I suggest another option? I’ve just had a...
Review – Lunch at The Bird in Bath, complete with a fantastic new outdoor terrace
Ian Waller and his wife enjoy a delicious lunch at one of Bath’s best terraced outdoors dining areas Shh, don’t tell the children, but my wife and I recently popped out for a cheeky lunch together without the (now not so) little ones in tow. It almost felt like a guilty act but you know,...
Review – Murder On The Orient Express at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller enjoys a hugely entertaining adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic whodunnit Hercule Poirot’s little grey cells were guaranteed a challenging workout at the Theatre Royal in Bath last night for the opening of the classic murder mystery The Murder On The Orient Express. The body of Samuel Ratchett has been found, stabbed multiple...
Review – La Bohème at the Theatre Royal Bath
Ian Waller enjoys a night at the opera, with a production full of love, tragedy and a little comedy too… My introduction to live opera has been a recent experience. With only two other live productions – Madam Butterfly and Jenufa – under my belt, La Bohème was my first production at the Theatre Royal...
Review – The Body In A Suitcase game at House of Frankenstein
Ian Waller and his family turn detectives as part of a brand new family challenge that perfect for half term fun A terrible crime has been committed and it was up to my 11 year old son, his mum and me to solve it! The only problems were that we weren’t sure what the crime...
A family lunch at the Cafe By The Furnace, Walcot Street in Bath
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a lunch at one of Bath’s funkiest cafes We all know that teenagers don’t do mornings, particularly Saturday mornings, so the best chance of spending some time with two of my three children (the third was skateboarding) was helped by the promise of lunch at this very funky cafe...
Matt Forde at Komedia Bath – great impressions, pity about the material
We’ve enjoyed some really cracking Sunday nights at Komedia in Bath being superbly entertained by a rich range of comedic talent. Last night it was the turn of comedian, political commentator, podcast favourite and TV regular(ish), Matt Forde, with his Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokes To The Right tour, described as ‘There are...
A family meal out at Tortilla Bath – and a good way to get out of the washing up!
Sometimes you just don’t want to prepare and cook yet another family meal… Fortunately, Bath has more than its fair share of eateries to choose from and one of the newest is Tortilla on Cheap Street, serving freshly made, award-winning California-style Mexican burritos, tacos and more. We paid a visit one Tuesday evening at about...