The name of the game these days seems to be diversification. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than in Derby where in Brook Street an old Wesleyan Chapel has been taken into care by an inspiring couple, Didar and Paula Dalkic. The handsome, dignified building, once a home to fire and brimstone sermons dispensed from the awesome heights of a massive pulpit-cum-podium, has an interior that is in complete contrast to its rather austere outside, and if those who worshipped here over the centuries kept the outside simple they certainly made sure that God was worshipped against a background of splendid style within.

The adaptation has been done with skill and understanding, muted contrasting colours that bring out the best in the fittings, making Masa a restaurant with a real difference. The more tiresome features of so many churches, like draughts, have been ironed out. Downstairs a wine bar has been established, creating an ideal rendezvous and offering a light lunch daily. A typical menu could be a black pudding and poached egg salad with mustard dressing, spinach, goats' cheese and parma ham pasta, or a generous open sandwich of roast suckling pig, apple and plum compote.