From Feudal Fair to Victoria Sponge
Paula Sutton of Hill House Vintage wrote something in Country Living recently that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. She was describing her Norfolk village fête — the bunting politics, the cake table, the judge who once borrowed a hedge trimmer from a competitor and will never fully escape that fact — and she ended with this:
“Everyone leaves slightly sunburnt or mildly damp and carrying a plant they hadn’t planned on buying.”
The Thermos Flask: How a Christmas Experiment Became Britain's Most Beloved Picnic Object
Winter in Britain arrives with wet elbows and a sense of humour.
Damp hedgerows. Village hall noticeboards curling at the corners. Muddy boots lined up by the door like well-behaved Labradors. It’s the season when the sun clocks off before you’ve found your scarf - and the kettle becomes a minor deity.
Enter The Thermos Flask
The Scotch Egg: A Delicious Celebration of Picnic History
Is there anything more quintessentially British than a Scotch egg? This golden, breadcrumb-coated delight is the very definition of a picnic staple — a portable, savoury snack steeped in tradition, bursting with flavour, and endlessly versatile. Whether nestled in a Fortnum & Mason hamper, gracing a gastropub menu, or tucked into a well-loved picnic blanket, the Scotch egg is nothing short of a national treasure.