WELL SEASONED

One of the most traditionally seasonal elements of the British diet is game. The very fact that game can only be shot at particular times of the year means it is strictly (and legally) a seasonal treat.

We have only a few weeks left in this year’s game season (which for most [...]

One of the better features of this country is the peculiar festivals and events we pursue during the different Seasons. The cheese rolling in Gloucestershire in May and Ottery St Mary’s tar barrel carrying are good examples with the latter coming up shortly on Guy Fawkes Night. A month ago I joined an extraordinary and electic mix of people who braved the [...]

How many types of apple can you name? Well, before today I reckon I’d have been stumped (pipped?) at around seven. But that was before I visited the Roots & Shoots Apple festival.

Roots and Shoots is a charitable venture based in central London. It provides vocational [...]

I was lucky enough to spend the day fishing in Winchester on Saturday (Nick, a friend of mine from the dark days of City law, was at school down there and has occasional access to a couple of miles of the River Itchen that runs through the outskirts of town - my hand went up [...]

A full report of our trip to Portland, Dorset (August 2009) for mackerel, scallops and crabbing