Ben Brown — My Personal Blog

A review of a recent visit to The Compasses Inn in Crundale near Canterbury, Kent with my wife to celebrate our wedding anniversary.

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I paid a visit to Lima Fitzrovia in London.

For anyone who’d like to see more about my day-job as Head of Engineering at Gousto I’ve started a series of blog posts on Gousto’s…

Last week, on Friday 26th January, I was lucky enough to be invited to a breakfast book launch of Daniel Pink’s newest book When: The…

My wife celebrates her birthday in early January and every year I search for restaurants not taking a well earned break after the December…

During a short break to Kent in November 2017 (where we stayed in The Granary) we were looking for a restaurant to enjoy a relaxing lunch…

Myself and Clara spent a very relaxing week in The Granary in Hever, Kent, in November 2017. It’s taken me a little bit of time to get…

We booked a two night break at Down Hall Hotel near Bishop’s Stortford in Essex to have a short break in the country to celebrate my…

I came across the Flitch of Bacon, in Little Dunmow, Essex when looking for a gastropub in the country where I could celebrate my birthday…

We visited Lyle’s to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We had decided to visit for lunch on a Saturday, as during lunch service you can…

The hotel Remm, Shin-Osaka was the second hotel on our Japan trip, after our stay in Hiroshima. We booked the hotel through Agoda before…

On a recent visit to Japan we found ourselves visiting the Floating Tori tourist attraction on Miyajima Island, which is a 40 minute…

On a recent trip to Japan we stayed in two locations, Hiroshima and Osaka. Our first stay on the trip was at the Hotel Granvia in…

It was my wife’s birthday last week and every year I look around to see where I can take her. The first week in January is always a more…

The latest edition of the ThoughtWorks Radar came out this week. For those working in technology who’ve never come across this, read it…

Two years ago, on holiday in the Lake District we visited my favourite restaurant so far, L’Enclume in Cartmel. Two Michelin stars and…

Myself and Clara have just spent the last week in a lovely converted barn near Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds called Hook Norton Barn…

It’s getting to that time of year again where I get another year older. This year myself and Clara have taken a break in the Cotswolds…

Sorry that I’ve not posted any updates in a little while. After a busy summer doing up our garden which has kept me busy most weekends I…

I’ve just returned from an 11 night trip to the Dominican Republic with my wife, staying at The Royal Suites Turquesa by Palladium. We…

I recently visited Sake No Hana, London on a Wednesday evening with my wife. We’ve previously visited the sister restaurant, Hakkasan and…

My reading has been a little slow over the last couple of weeks as I’ve not found that many articles worth telling others about. This week…

For my reading list this week I take a look at the topic of #noprojects, something that keeps on cropping up in my reading; how to make…

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post and I’ve been busy reading as usual. This post contains my favourite tech article for…