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The Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Felicity Whittaker obituary
No one who met my friend Felicity Whittaker, who has died aged 96, could ever forget her. Not the dozens of disadvantaged and often troubled children whom she cared for, nor fellow protesters from Ban the Bomb days to Extinction Rebellion marches. And certainly not the many friends who enjoyed her lively and engaging company in Highgate in north London and later in Bedford. Felicity was born in London to Lydia Bilbrook, an actor, and George Harrison Brown, a journalist. Her parents separated when she was a small child, and she and Lydia moved to Santa Monica Canyon, near Hollywood, where Lydia was part of the British actors' community and appeared in several films. Felicity played a minor role in National Velvet (1944), which starred Elizabeth Taylor. After high school in Santa Monica, Felicity worked as a secretary. Through a mutual friend she met her future husband, Chris Whittaker, a young British naval officer and Oxford graduate who was touring the US after service in the Fleet Air Arm. Felicity never felt she really belonged in America and in 1948 followed Chris to the UK, where he began studies at the Architectural Association in London. They married in 1952, and like many young progressives of their generation they joined the Communist party, hoping to build a better, fairer world after the devastation of the second world war. Felicity loathed pomposity and bourgeois prissiness in equal measure. After a brief stay in Basildon, Essex, in the early 50s, Chris and Felicity bought a rundown Georgian house in Barnsbury, north London, and the first of their seven children was born shortly afterwards. In 1961, they moved to Highgate. Felicity gained a social work qualification at the London School of Economics, and then worked at John Keats school for 'delicate children' in Swiss Cottage, as a family liaison and social worker. In 1976 she and Chris decided to move out of London and bought an old manor house in Bedford, Bromham Hall, a substantial property with medieval origins. It lay at a convenient distance for Chris to continue to work in London as an architect with Camden council, and was large enough for Felicity to set up a private residential home where she could help children in need of assessment and respite. She offered accommodation and support, and provided the responsible local authorities with her assessment of the best long-term solution for the children, who were often teenagers. Felicity called time on the project in 1988 at the age of 60 and then they rented out parts of the estate to help fund the never-ending repairs and building work. Chris died in 2015, but Felicity continued to live at Bromham, where she kept sheep, dogs and chickens, and had recently acquired two peacocks. She is survived by her children, Clio, Adam, Polly, Meg, Ben, Kit and Yasmin, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Times
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Sculthorpe Mill review: ‘You could just charge folk to stand here'
I am not a massive one for getting out of London to review restaurants, as you may have noticed. To be honest, as a restaurant critic, it just feels silly getting on a train to leave the place where all the restaurants are, to go to one of the places where they aren't. But I tell you what I am a massive one for getting out of London for: U12 cricket matches in which my son is playing. I grew this boy specially, you see, and led him to the various wellsprings of cricketing beauty, to Lord's and the Oval, to my own back garden and to North London Cricket Club in Highgate, from the age of two or three onwards, and encouraged him to drink deeply, in order that he should grow into a leg spinner of great guile and cunning, so that I would have something to sit and watch with a pint in my old age, from the shade of a creaking oak tree.
Perth Now
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Where to get the world's best dessert in Perth
Parkerville A delicious moist pudding served with lashings of butterscotch sauce, vanilla ice-cream and a biscuit crumble. Pretty much the perfect way to end a meal by the fireplace at this country pub. We feel cosy just thinking about it. Bassendean Bertie Bassendean. Credit: Bertie Bassendean The sticky date ice-cream sandwich may be a twist on the classic but we are here for it. A generous slab of vanilla ice-cream sandwiched between two sticky date cake-like slices. All served in a pool of butterscotch sauce. Pubs love doing 'elevated' classics, and this is the gold standard of how it's done right. Subiaco Not only is this sticky date pud a delicious sponge of moist goodness. It sits on a pool — a pool! — of butterscotch sauce. Is there such thing as too much butterscotch sauce? Of course there isn't. One of our favs. Piara Waters This steak house keeps it classic when it comes to desserts but that doesn't mean it can't do something a little special when it comes to its sticky date. The pudding includes the standard butterscotch sauce, but is taken to the next level with candied walnut, date crumb and house-made orange blossom ice-cream. Delicious. Highgate and Perth Ischia. Credit: Ischia It's worth pacing yourself when stuffing your gob full of excellent pizza at either of these popular Italian restaurants. That's because you need to leave space for the excellent sticky date pudding. The butterscotch sauce is next level.
Skift
16-06-2025
- Business
- Skift
1.2 Million Room Assignments in a Second: Marriott, Highgate on Hotels and AI
Hotels are seen as being behind on AI. But we're beginning to see more experiments and how tech can improve service. AI may one day transform hotels, but Marriott's global tech chief says any innovation must keep guests at the center. Naveen Manga, global chief technology officer for Marriott International, and Kurien Jacob, partner and managing director at Highgate Technology Ventures, said AI should be used to improve the human experience. "I would love to wake up a couple years from now in a world where AI-assisted hospitality is immersive, is personalized, and unmistakably human," Manga said at the recen
Travel Weekly
12-06-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Ambassador Hotel of Waikiki joins Hilton's Tapestry Collection
The Ambassador Hotel of Waikiki has joined Hilton's Tapestry Collection. It is Tapestry's first Hawaii hotel. The 368-room hotel, which is managed by Highgate, previously operated as the Romer Waikiki at the Ambassador. Concurrent with its reflagging, the hotel underwent a renovation. The hotel's refreshed interiors feature a tropical-inspired color palette as well as midcentury design elements that pay homage to its 1960s origins. The Ambassador offers a variety of accommodations, including two-bedroom suites and lofted bunk-bed rooms designed for families and groups. The hotel is home to the Waikiki Swim & Social Club, which offers a pool and cabana deck, and the Favorite Son restaurant, a casual-dining concept with indoor-outdoor seating. Guests have access to fitness facilities, bike rentals and beach equipment. Rates at the revamped property start at $159 per night, with Hawaii residents receiving a 25% discount. The Tapestry Collection now has close to 160 hotels and resorts.
