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Nov 1 •

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more of a catch-up, really

Oct 25 •

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winter is coming

Oct 18 •

In the kitchen

Easter lunch & some things to read

before feet up and hot cross buns

Apr 17 •

Food 26: food and fiction

eating the books, feat. Nabokov's eggs

Nov 17, 2024 •

Food 25: pressure cooking & Instant Pots

everything you need to know

Nov 3, 2024 •

Food 24: the best puttanesca

for when you're famished and in a hurry 🍝

Oct 20, 2024 •

Food 23: Brace, I'm going to say Christmas

it's for our own good

Oct 6, 2024 •

Food 22: hunker down

happy first day of autumn!

Sep 22, 2024 •

Food 21: the end of summer

tomatoes, eggs, a marrow recipe to convert the doubters (me), greengages, trifle and Scottish dancing

Aug 25, 2024 •

No food column today, but here's an interview with me

plus, all my book recs in one place

Aug 11, 2024 •

Sunday

This is Still Life with Anemones and Fruit by Charles Mahoney, 1903-1968.

Mar 2 •

This is The Breakfast Tray by Elizabeth Okie Paxton (US), painted in about 1910.

Jan 26 •

This is Still Life By The Fire by William Ratcliffe, painted in about 1920.

Jan 12 •

This is Décoration du sapin de Noēl, or Decorating the Christmas Tree, by Marcel Rieder, painted in 1898.

Dec 1, 2024 •

This small and sturdy fellow is not a painting.

Nov 10, 2024 •

This is Still Life With Cherries and Strawberries in China Bowls by Osias Beert, painted in oil on copper in 1608.

Oct 27, 2024 •

This is Mein Hotelzimmer in Paris, or My Hotel Room In Paris, by Augusto Giacometti, 1938.

Oct 13, 2024 •

This is Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent, painted in 1892.

Sep 29, 2024 •

Me & My Desk

Me & My Desk: Sophia Money-Coutts

and DENNIS the terrier

Oct 21 •

Me & My Desk: Diana Henry

'This might seem extreme, but I feel as if I am IN this table'

Oct 8 •

Me & My Desk: Lisa Jewell

one kitchen table, 10 million sales 👑

Jul 8 •

Me & My Desk: Polly Vernon

the benefits of writing in cafés

Jun 30 •

As Good As It Looks

Lucinda Chambers's picks for November

Oct 29 •

Lucinda Chambers's picks for October

Sep 30 •

Lucinda Chambers's picks for September

all of them doozies

Aug 27 •

Lucinda Chambers's picks for August

British Vogue's former fashion director on what's caught her eye

Jul 28 •

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