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  1. Scones of the Year 2014

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    Cocomaya

    Happy New Year everyone and welcome to Scones of the Year. It's now 12 months since I started Scones of the Month and today I'm announcing my top 10 favourite places to have scones in London in 2014. It's been a difficult dilemma as there are really so many wonderful places to chose from however these are some of my personal favourites, in no particular order, although I have saved my overall favourite to the last. Enjoy...

  2. Crime and Cream Teas at the Agatha Christie Festival Part 2

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    Agatha Christie Mile Plaque - Torquay

    Crime and Cream Teas Part II features more about my recent trip to the Agatha Christie Festival in her home town of Torquay. In Part I I wrote about my visit to Greenway, Agatha's holiday home but in this blog I am focusing on some of the other things I did.

  3. Crime and Cream Teas at the Agatha Christie Festival Part I - Greenway

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     Barnaby

    Greenway was Agatha Christie's beloved holiday home in Devon and seems a good place to start the first installment of my blog about the recent Agatha Christie Festival. This annual crime writing festival takes place in and around Torquay, Agatha's birthplace, each September to coincide with her birthday. Since my last visit in 2011 the festival has certainly grown both in the numbers of visitors and organised events.

  4. Scones of the Month – September 2014

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    Foxcroft and Ginger

    This month's scone blog is a bumper edition with six reviews and breaking with tradition it's including some of the places I visited while holidaying in Torquay. However before we do a Devon detour we start with Foxcroft and Ginger in London’s Soho.

  5. The Agatha Christie Trail in London & Torquay

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    Agatha Christie Memorial - London

    The London memorial to Agatha Christie by Ben Twiston-Davies is cleverly designed  in the shape of a book reflecting her status as one of the world’s best selling authors.

    The bronze memorial was unveiled on 18th November 2012 to coincided with The Mousetrap's 60th anniversary celebrations. 

    It is located close to Leicester Square Tube Station at the junction of Cranbourn Street and Great Newport Street, in the heart of London’s theatreland.