One of the books I bought in Tetbury was Christopher Andrae’s Mary Fedden: Enigmas and Variations (Lund Humphries, pbk. 2014). A gorgeously produced book – the publisher has not stinted on the colour illustrations – the text is every bit as good. Brilliantly readable and fast moving Andrae whips on making all sorts of connections […]

Another delicious straightforward biscuit and truth to tell, a bit of a white knight on galloping steed for me last Saturday evening. Fortunately I had begun biscuit making early in the evening and was congratulating myself on it being before 8 pm when out of the oven I took two trays of Mary Berry’s pecan […]