Drinking vodka the way they do in Ukraine, Poland and other northern places - by which we mean with salty, pickled, savoury snacks
Martin Hesp
Drinking vodka the way they do in Ukraine, Poland and other northern places - by which we mean with salty, pickled, savoury snacks
A heatwave in southern UK today means loads of people will be out having picnics - but where to go in the South West? Here are some ideas…
A visit to Huxbear Vineyard in Devon with Wickhams Wine and wine writer Stephen Barrett - listn to the wine tasting in this podcast
Ancient grains - the types of cereal we humans were eating 10,000 years ago when we began farming - are making a comeback. We find out why…
Revisiting The Last Broomsquire - a video replayed thanks to an amazing exhibition at the Museum of Somerset which is all about Coleridge’s writing of the poem Kubla Khan
Quick preview of an article which will be appearing on the site soon - all about the amazing food of Lisbon
Staying with a friend on St Martins in the Caribbean - nice thing to do - and now anyone else who fancies it can do the same thing because Captain Richard has his yacht on AirBnB
Tim Bannerman describes what it was like to at last stage the village “phantomime” - and jolly good fun it looks too
More and more people simply assume that eating meat is bad for the planet - but there is meat, and there is meat. In this article we visit some exemplary farms which are producing meat that helps lock carbon into the soil
Exploring the coast of Puglia south of Bari, including Polignano a Mare and the Torre Guaceto Marine Protected Area Coastal and Marine Reserve
A day spent in Bari on Italy’s Adriatic coast. Martin Hesp loved the city, its backstreets and its restaurants
Tim’s getting close to staging the village panto’ - or phanotmime as he prefers it to be known… BUT, catastrophe looms large in the orchard when he and Gill discover sheep have been at their best pear trees!
A walk to the top of one of Somerset most noticeable hills, Brent Knoll, right. beside the M5 motorway
Wild venison is one of the most healthy meats you can buy, and it comes guilt-free if you are worried about the environment