as the Sandy Lane bacon from Jones Dairy Farm in Wisconsin. I spoke to their chief executive, Philip Jones. He's the sixth generation to run the company. "It's very difficult getting bacon into the UK," he told me. So they don't have an outlet

Joan Collins and Nick Jones (Paola Lombard) The true test of any restaurant is: having been once, do you go back? Often I quite like places, report them to you favourably, but never return. So it's a considerable recommendation that within

now been taken over by Nick Jones, an adventurous entrepreneur who has the marvellous Electric cinema in Portobello Road and the two restaurants attached, as well as Soho House clubs in London and New York, Babington House hotel in Somerset and

being re-embalmed. Nick Jones, France Winner the food critic : "nor can I be bothered to tell you what I ate". Love it. Mark Evans, Cap D'Antibes, France On New Year's Eve we were enjoying a pleasant dinner and a murder mystery evening. To our

yours peering in at me! Nick Jones, Provence, France You regress to a Chinese meal in 2007 and eating sausage rolls in 2009. But can you remember what you had for lunch today? Roger Dobbing, Surrey I'm surprised you even gave Kai a second chance .

I wrote instead to Mr Ronald Jones, Claridge's general manager who had recently been photographed with the other general managers of the Savoy Group, then fighting off a takeover bid from Trusthouse Forte. "It's no good posing for photographs," I

Douglas with Catherine Zeta Jones and Johnny Gold (Vanessa Perry) I could not be described as a devotee of Tramp , the discotheque that remains endlessly in fashion. So when, a few years ago, I discovered theirs was the only payment I made by

Derek Creagh and Lindsay Jones (Georgina Hristova) I'm a great fan of Heston Blumenthal, a young chef I first told you about five years ago . At the time he was unknown, serving stupendous meals at The Fat Duck in Bray. Even then, they vastly

bach - little house. David Jones, Cardiff Regarding our restaurant sweet potato (Winner's Dinners, last week ) our message to Mr Winner, using his terminology, is, "Calm down, dear, this really is a very good restaurant". If all he can criticise

(little house) from David Jones sounds as awful as "loo" or "restroom". Michael Hubble, Madrid In the Philippines they always refer to the WC as the "comfort station". During all my visits I never found one that was. Brian Christley, Conwy Staff