It's been the elephant in my head since the murder of George Floyd.  How to respond when I'm talking from a place of no understanding.  How to empathise when I have no knowledge of how it feels to be Black in 2020.  How to stop responding with a frankly fairly...

As I write, we are still in lockdown.  We have been since March 23rd, and it's starting to feel strangely normal.  I have a new rhythm, as do my family, which is slower for sure but also in so many ways, much fuller.  There is no rush to get out of the house in the...

Food The last ten days have been crazy busy.  Two major food festivals and the BBC's prestigious Food & Farming Awards, there's been a lot to keep up with!.  There was a fair bit of heroic double-festivalling (Is that a verb? Should be ...) by some of the...

Citrus & Salt  This week has been all about fast food.  Not the fried chicken, cheap burger or doughy pizza variety, but food that can be made in under 15 mins, after rushing back from a shoot and trying to get a meal on the table while juggling homework, feeding...

The last week of the long summer holidays is always bittersweet.  I look forward to a return to some kind of routine, and to stopping the crazy juggle of work and childcare after seven weeks, but I'm also sad that there are no more long lazy days in the park or beach...

Thanks to everyone who gave me some feedback on last week’s ramblings - especially to those who signed up for this week's instalment, welcome back (and I promise I’ll keep it shorter this week …!!!) Cooking At the beginning of the week I walked past my high street...