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Four More Tremendous Time Travelling Films
Last Sunday the clocks went forward once again, which means longer brighter evenings and mild spring weather, hurrah! To celebrate such a chirpy time of year, we thought we’d compile another top list of tremendous time travelling films for your viewing pleasure… Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure This time travelling film is such a cinematic icon, that we don’t even know why we didn’t include it in last year’s list. Anyhow, this comedy adventure starring a young Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter is a guitar-shredding, phonebox hopping epic that is still as entertaining to watch today as it was back in 1989. Groundhog Day Do you ever feel like you’re…
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#MakingMemories – The Best Shared Moments with Parents
At Red Letter Days, our business is all about providing memorable experiences for friends and family to share. The team here on the blog often invite their loved ones on experiences, like when Brooke took her mum for gourmet dining at The Benefit and the York and Albany. That spirit of giving back to our parents is what makes Mother’s Day or Father’s Day so special. But why keep the spirit down to two days? Seems far too insignificant for the remaining 363 days of the year. AND it doesn’t always have to be material. Precious moments spent with parents live on past the cards we send on Mother’s Day, blog posts about family…
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New Experiences This April at Red Letter Days
It’s Friday and to perk up your weekend, here are some shiny new experiences for your browsing pleasure. If you’re craving something a little different from the norm, you’re in for a real treat! Adopt a London pigeon, brush up on your Cockney, make Buckingham Palace look like a Jackson Pollock painting, become a real life mermaid (or man) and more. The question is: which one will you choose?
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Six Degrees of Separation: The Gift Experience Edition
First proposed in 1929 by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy, six degrees of separation is the notion that anyone in the world can be connected through a chain of no more than six acquaintances. Since the introduction of this theory, many people have put it to the test, including Microsoft. After checking an astounding 30 billion electronic messages they confirmed that six degrees actually works – well almost. By studying these messages, they discovered that any two strangers are distanced on average by 6.6 degrees, which basically means you are connected to Mick Jagger or The Queen by a string of seven or fewer introductions! There is even a game called The Six…
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An Easter Recipe from Daylesford Farm
We chatted to Daylesford Farm’s Head Chef Gaven Fuller about his favourite recipe for Easter (we’ve got some easy Easter favourites of our own) and he let us into the secrets behind his slow-cooked lamb shoulder with white beans and salsa verde mayonnaise. We’ve got Gaven’s lamb recipe for you so that you can make it at home and impress your family and friends this for Easter.
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Afternoon Tea at Buddha-Bar
We’ve reviewed many an afternoon tea; it is after all, one of our most popular experiences and we offer literally hundreds of venues at which to experience the most traditional of pastimes. But we’ve never tried one like this before. Read on to find out what our top tasters thought of afternoon tea at Buddha-Bar in London.
