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Writer Tassa Deparis on her chilling Suffolk-based tale
We catch up with writer Tassa Deparis ahead of More... Ghost Stories by Candlelight, a ghostly touring theatre production featuring her chilling Suffolk-based tale Tell us about More... Ghost Stories by Candlelight and how you got involved?
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Ellie Leach and Jason Durr bringing board game to life in Cluedo 2
For Jason Durr and Ellie Leach, part of the appeal of starring in Cluedo 2 was that their characters were originally simply cards in a board game. “We get the chance to play them as live action characters,” said Jason, Colonel Mustard in the show
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Maximalism is back and it’s brighter and bolder than ever
A bright, sunny colour palette is usually associated with summertime schemes – but this year as autumn takes hold, decor is hotting up. As we head towards the colder, darker days, maximalism is the trend that’s really serving the feel-good vibes
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Pip, Pip hooray! Celebrated Cornish pasty maker opens first shop in Falmouth
Pip's Cornish Pasties has opened its first Falmouth shop more than 20 years after starting the business in Penryn. Colin Head, nickname Pip hence the name, started making Pip’s Pasties in Penryn back in 2002 with just half a dozen to sell.
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Making ‘the most original pasta on the planet'
‘We learned through trial and error and a lot of reading. When it did work it was a great feeling.’ Andrew and Margaret McSorley Walker tell Carol Hogarth about making ‘the most original pasta on the planet’ - Galloway Scottish Pasta Described
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8 fantastic farm shops in Essex
Havens for fresh produce, while championing local producers and growers, farm shops help reduce our food miles and bring joy from all the growing seasons…here’s our pick of the Essex crop! The butcher counter at Blackwells Farm Shop Blackwells
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The humble and healthy wild foods that often go unnoticed
It seems that Pete Compton is happiest when in the middle of a nettle patch. ‘They are my favourite wild food and favourite plant of all time,’ he explains, ‘with no close second.’ Pete admits that he could wax lyrical about nettles for hours given
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The campaign supporting local food and drink producers in Sussex
When it comes to shopping people no longer want to travel further their food. In other words, they want to buy and eat local. Around 64 per cent of the UK population preferred to shop locally last year, according to the Virgin Media O2 Business
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Baking the seasons with the Culinary Bee
'It's obvious, but in autumn I love cooking with pumpkins - I like to show people that pumpkin is both for sweet and savoury,' says Annie Mae Herring. 'And basically anything apple-y - squash it down to make an apple butter and add it to pancakes and
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Gold winning food and drink producers at the Taste of the West Awards
The Taste of the West Awards champions food and drink producers across the West Country, with Somerset businesses annually scooping their fair share of the top gongs Badgworth Brewhouse beers (Image: Badgworth Brewhouse) Badgworth Brewhouse
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall reflects on the River Cottage legacy
Food poverty, plant power and the fight to clean up our rivers, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is still a man on a mission, 20 years after setting up his East Devon HQ. The celebrity chef, writer, broadcaster and campaigner sits down with Fran McElhone
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Dorset 3 gold star winners in the 2024 Great Taste Awards
The Great Taste Awards (GTA), founded by the Guild of Fine Foods, whose HQ is in Gillingham, is the world’s largest and most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food and drink producers. And it is based purely on taste. This
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Celebrating the humble apple this harvest season
Most of us can name a handful of apple varieties, but there are an astonishing 2,500 types grown in the UK, showcasing the incredible diversity of the species. This includes well-known types like the Bramley, Cox’s Orange Pippin, and Egremont Russet
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3 fantastic farm shops in Kent
We know what Old Macdonald kept on the farm, but what about those in Kent? Plates at the ready as we’re heading out to say hay there to some local farm shops that are truly outstanding in their field! The Egg Machine is a fully automated farm
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Artisan bread made in a Cheshire village hall
When hospitality entrepreneur Woody Barlow of Bear Inns pondered where to get the best bread for his businesses, The Swan at Tarporley and The Lion at Malpas, his wife Fiona’s answer was: ‘Stop moaning and do something about it.’ Woody started
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Behind the scenes at Slad Valley Mushrooms
‘We shall by morning inherit the earth’, wrote Sylvia Plath in her poem Mushrooms. Cotswolds-based blogger Jools Kelly meets Rafe Williams and Oscar Clutterbuck-Jones of Slad Valley Mushrooms, who are working to make a tasty selection of nutritious
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The Yorkshire flour used by some of the county’s leading artisan bakeries
If you bake your own bread and live in Yorkshire, chances are you’ll have spotted the striking millstone packaging of Yorkshire Organic Millers flour on the shelves of your local organic shop. The highly regarded flour is used by some of the county
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Harvest season at Witherslack Orchards
Production is in full swing at Witherslack Orchards where every apple that goes into their juice is picked and cleaned by hand. From first visiting in the spring, Sarah French returned to see autumn operations Sam Reynolds is arm deep in apples
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Why farmers' markets remain important today
With our county being so fortunately rich in food and drink producers, Hugh Thomas takes a look at how farmers’ markets have influenced our shopping habits since their conception 1997: the year Harry Potter first captured childrens’ hearts and
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Pub Perfection: A Review of The George in Burpham
'Are we sure this is the right road?’ asks my wife as the potholed track takes a corner at the Splash Farm Shepherds Huts and we bounce past a giant stack of polythene-bound haybales on a mission to find The George at Burpham. For years I’d registered
