People moan about Twitter, people being rude and trolling. Just turn it off. Life goes on. Tom Parker Bowles lifemoanpeople Change image and share on social
It's a very open-armed experience in Australia - you feel immediately welcomed - I felt being here for three months - honoured, delighted, proud. Tom Parker Bowles armaustraliadelight Change image and share on social
London was a spice mecca. The first recipe for curry in English was actually published in 1747. Tom Parker Bowles curryenglishlondon Change image and share on social
You get lots of people, especially where I live, who go in to a butcher and insist on organic beef - even when the butcher has better-tasting stuff from a farm that's been producing wonderful meat for 100 years but hasn't jumped through the hoops to get organic certification. Tom Parker Bowles beefbutchercertification share on social
The diet is a twisted, noxious thing, all tortured abstinence and short-term fraud. I speak from bitter experience. As a restaurant critic, I eat to live and live to eat. And having a toxic aversion to exercise, there is little to prevent the inevitable bulging of my gut. Hence the need for the occasional diet. Tom Parker Bowles abstinenceaversionbitter share on social
I slipped through every school I went to without leaving a trace. I was in no team; I was never a prefect. I was totally mediocre - well, I probably still am - but at places like Summer Fields and Eton, it's all about sport and doing your bit, and I always preferred to watch telly or read a book than run round a field. Tom Parker Bowles bitebooketon share on social
When I was 18, I went to India and was stupid enough to drink the tap water. I ended up with dysentery. It's not an experience I wish to go through again. Tom Parker Bowles drinkdysenteryend Change image and share on social
My father was often away with the army, or in London, but mum did a lot of the cooking. She never liked cakes - not baking. Meat. Fish. That's what she did. Tom Parker Bowles armybakecake Change image and share on social
There's absolutely nothing anyone can say about my mother or myself or my step-father that we haven't heard before. You'd have to be a Dickens or a Nabakov to come up with something really offensive. Tom Parker Bowles absolutelydickenfather Change image and share on social
I have stayed in lots of great hotels around the world, and the Plaza Athenee is definitely one of my favourites. Tom Parker Bowles atheneefavouritegreat Change image and share on social