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HT Harris 22nd December
December 22, 2025
hello, My friend Lucy suggested Cafe Hafa for this project and now I really want to go. Why? It looks gorgeous. Warm, calm, welcoming. It’s perched on the...

Paul Rothe 15th December
December 15, 2025
Some notes from the last week At Bar Italia on the 9th Things I might need to think about: What is a cafe? Different to a bar, restaurant, tavern, diner?...

Paul Rothe and Son 8th December
December 8, 2025
hello, I published the first episode of this newsletter yesterday. A sort of intro. (episode? newsletter? what to call these things?) Now I’m sitting in Paul...

Egg, bacon, chips and revolutions
Egg, bacon, chips and revolutions
December 6, 2025
November 1st, a Saturday morning. I was reading the FT at the Reunion Cafe in Belper, Derbyshire, when I saw this pull quote from a Jay Rayner article;...

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