The English are not very good at food. After the sausages, prunes, and chocolate-bud breakfast on offer at my hotel, I was looking very much forward to exploring lunch options at the conference. Long buffets, fruit platters, a selection of cakes and cheeses…and you must be dreaming. There wasn’t even water on offer for the first three days! When lunch did arrive, it was served in a brown paper bag, one per person, and consisted of 1) an anorexic tuna and mayonnaise sandwich, dry, minus crusts; 2) one 50 g packet of West Country Cheddar and Onion crisps, extra salty, and 3) a Mars Bar. On the first day I couldn’t believe it. On the second day it grew worse. The tuna was replaced with chicken, and the Mars Bar became a Kit Kat. The crisps
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