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K and I had an outing to Thame on Saturday. It was principally to have a nice afternoon out and to go to a cookshop to try to replace my pi...

The first of the Canongate Classics that I picked up is A childhood in Scotland by Christian Miller. What an absorbing book it was, and I ...

Following on from the success of the mincemeat making that I wrote about the other week, this weekend I returned to Nigella, this time to he...

I know I've written about Christmas already several times from the point of view of my preparations, but it feels a little like Christma...

Following the success of the quiche made with my very own homemade pastry, I was persuaded to make K a pecan pie. This time I made a rich s...

At the weekend we had a wonderful outing to the Royal Opera House to see the ballet Sylvia. The tickets were my birthday present to K (per...

Regular readers will know that one of my genres of books is the republication of "neglected" or "forgotten" books, which...

I've decided that the various domestic arts projects that I am doing at the moment should all be written about under the heading of ...

I have been using a notebook to record my reading since 2003 - it's nearly full now, but when I turned over to start a new page last wee...

I mentioned when I first wrote about the Great British Book of Baking that there were many more recipes that I wanted to try - here's a...