You might have heard of it while reading about Mr Bingley’s arrival in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice or noticed how some universities in the UK commonly refer to it as the first term of an academic year. Or maybe…
One of the first things that comes to mind whenever I think of France are all the patisseries to be found in boulangeries throughout the country. But it’s one of these patisseries that stands out most of all – macarons.…
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, trees are slowly regaining green leaves, bluebells and snowdrops are emerging and we’re becoming (mostly) acquainted with the sun again. The signs of spring are all around us, and, reflecting this, the…
As we near Halloween, depending on where you are in the world, you’ll no doubt soon be seeing carved pumpkins outside doors and glowing devilishly in windows, Jack-o-Lantern’s all about the place and maybe even thinking up what costume you’ll…
When occasional photographer and contributing writer to this blog (and who incidentally took most of the pictures featured in this post), Viv, invited me to join her for afternoon tea, I would’ve been hard pressed to say no. While I…