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Mar 29 •

Honey&Co Supper Club

Mon 5 August 2024

Jul 16, 2024 •

VEGETABLES a book playlist

The extremely lovely Cerys Matthews asked me to choose some music that relates to my new book VEGETABLES for when I appeared on her 6music show today.

Jun 9, 2024 •

My new book VEGETABLES: a virtual book launch

I’m very excited to be having a virtual launch for my new book VEGETABLES, and I really hope you can make it.

Jun 6, 2024 •

2:33

Sunday Times column: Dukkah

Apr 27, 2024 •

1980: Happy Christmas, War Is Over

43 years ago today

Dec 8, 2023 •

A small forest garden

August felt like a good time not to send newsletters to pile up like issues of the local free newspaper on the doormat for when you get back from…

Sep 14, 2023 •

24:37

Figs: a fruit and a herb

In 1988, I ate my first fresh fig.

Jul 26, 2023 •

A joyful weekend at home

Every early winter, I lay a fire, a teetering Jenga of kindling, a waxed fire lighter at its heart like the boiled egg in the log of luncheon meat the…

Jun 22, 2023 •

And some of what's to come

Jun 15, 2023 •

I'm in a lemon verbena state of mind

as Billy Joel almost said

Jun 7, 2023 •

One rather than a hundred

I’ve never been much of a July and August kind of guy.

May 31, 2023 •

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