This summer, I’m luring my city-dwelling friends to the countryside with the promise of partying like it’s 1100. Blame it on a childhood diet of Lord of the Rings, the Shrek films and a heaving crush on Heath Ledger in A Knight’s Tale, but I’m...
When Ben Goldsmith commissioned a hardback history of Cannwood, his home in Somerset, he discovered he wasn’t the only one to have struggled with the land. Over the past 150 years, more than a dozen farmers have been beaten by Cannwood’s...
For a bold, savoury “dirty sartini” twist on a classic cocktail – one that your guests are sure to find unforgettable – pass one to two tbsp of brine from a tin of sardines through a fine sieve to remove any sediment. Pour the clear brine into a...