My baking-shelf shame

I was a star baker who was having my cake and eating it too

We may have all manner of modern gadgetry and user-friendly kit in our kitchens, but often it’s the most humble objects that mean more to us than anything else.

My life-sized creations really take the cake

Thriller writer Erin Kelly recommends the reads you need when you want to let loose

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness… I never imagined I’d be quoting John Keats in the opening line of my first column for Platinum. But here we are at the cusp of the season, so perhaps it’s not

I might argue that Nicola Lamb’s recent, brilliant book Sift is so clearly written a beginner could do very well using it, but for something simpler, yet with much genius, Bake Off winner Edd Kimber’s