Jeremy Clarke
Rise & Dine
The Breakfast Book
By Andrew Dalby
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The Breakfast Bible
By Seb Emina & Malcolm Eggs
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There is a once lovely square at the back of Paddington Station now comprised entirely of budget hotels. I missed the last train home last week and after drawing a few blanks secured a single room in one of these for £60. I didn’t expect much at that price, not in London. Nor was it. My room number was shakily inscribed on the door in black biro, for example. But what did surprise me was that my £60 also entitled me to all the pomp and circumstance of a full English breakfast.
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