Former restaurateur whose family are city legends. His pride and joy is a classic Mercedes-Benz Grosser and he’s often to be found propping up the bar at La Brasserie teaching Cockney rhyming slang. A maestro in the kitchen, feasts by him are hugely sought after.
Two stories to keep beside you
Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb
This glamorous Oxford educated historian, writer and broadcaster is best known for her expertise on the 16th century. A blonde bombshell, Lipscomb was the research curator at Hampton Court Palace between 2007 and 2010 and became a senior lecturer and convenor for history at the New College of the Humanities in 2011. Bloody Tales of […]
Brian Shaffer (AKA “The Man Who Vanished Into Thin Air)
A medical student at the Ohio State University, 27-year old Brian Shaffer went into the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar in Columbus on the evening of 31st March 2006 and has never been seen again. His father, Randy, orchestrated a mammoth campaign to raise awareness of the case but was killed when a tree hit him […]
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I like his taste in Mercedes.
I also like his taste in cars.
The size of his Mercedes equals the amount people are missing the great value lunches at his (sadly now defunct), Buchan’s Restaurant on Battersea Bridge. He should reopen it soonest to satisfy all of his hungry fans, who now continually seek out alternatives – but in vain.
If he not careful he will explode and it will not be a pretty sight