Latest posts taggedTruro
Blend 71: Truro’s coolest underground lunch stop
From the cobbles of Lemon Street into an underground tube stop; Blend 71 captures the city chic and asserts itself as the definitive...
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Stewart Lee – Carpet Remnant World: at HFC
“If I was Cornish, I wouldn’t like the English either, after what we have done to you; we destroyed the tin industry, made smuggling...
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The Old Grammar School
Don your blazer, quiff your hair and prepare to sip away on quirky cocktails in the fabulously styled Old Grammar School in Truro. A...
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A great Cornish institution: Skinner’s Brewery
It’s a man’s world: the smells, the beards, the brewing kit, the devout following. We’re talking ale, but not just any old ale,...
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Mid Life Crisis: Signature Facial at Lindsay Cowley
(alcohol units 0 (it is 11.30am) cigarettes 2, black coffees 4, calories 371 (mostly all of a Starbucks Rise and Shine muffin, bar the...
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Cornwall Food & Drink’s Cornish Challenge
By hook or by crook I have managed to bag an invite to the final of the Cornish Challenge on Monday 6th February; and I am seriously...
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Christmas Market Countdown: Padstow & Newlyn
You may be feeling a little bah humbug – and I am desperately trying not to let any Grinch creep into these Christmas posts pre...
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Martin Harley Band at The Old Grammar School
On Sunday 11th December the uber talented Martin Harley Band are playing an intimate gig at The Old Grammar School. Tickets are £8 and...
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Uneeka: A lifestyle made fair
I have mentally added Jen to my ‘friends list’ for her great ability to satisfy my interior whims. There have been several occasions...
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Le Creperie: A romantic rendez-vous
Despite the controversy surrounding Tilly Mint vs Baker Tom and his vindication of the scone, British revival has been subverted by the...
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Cheers to Beers: Celtic Beer Festival
Torch Bearer, Podium, St Awesome City and even a Bucket of Blood…..I don’t recall beer moniker being encouraged or even offered as a...
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Indaba: City vs Beach
Gorgeously gourmet-esque fish dish delish, seasonal, ethical, local; but should I go cosmopolitan in the city? Or chill out on the...
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Bustophers Bistro & Bar: Truro
Bustophers and I have a long history, right back to a time when homemade burgers were a little bit special and wine bars were the...
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Pole Dancing
Paris and the Moulin Rouge, Middle Eastern belly dancing, American burlesque, Gypsy Lee Rose and the travelling circus: pole dancing...
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Clandestine Cake Club
A club of cake lovers meeting in a secret location; eating, gossiping and swapping cake bake horror stories:...
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125 Years of Wimbledon – Tennis at Malpas
Every year as Wimbledon approaches I get very into tennis. This year is 125 years of Wimbledon, and what better time to get fired up...
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Cornish Food Festival Fun
I could describe myself as a ‘foodie’, but that’s really just a synonym for ‘greedy’. In any case, where else would I be on a...
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WIN ‘AFTERNOON TEA FOR TWO’ AT BUSTOPHERS BAR & BISTRO: COMPETITION
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.” [Henry James]. Spot on...
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Tilly Mint Bakery: Truro
According to The Independent Tilly Mint has shut down... we at GCG know this is a big error! Tilly Mint and scrumptious cupcakes are...
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Gravy Boesti
My date is all gravy sitting beneath the huge skylight, romance twinkling, classical music singing, and delicious smells wafting around....
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