Miriam margolyes

Actor Miriam Margolyes shares her lifelong love of creatures great and small

MIDLIFE BROUGHT A REVELATION FOR AUTHOR MIMI SPENCER: FOOD IS FOR JOY, NOT WORRY. A DECADE ON FROM PUBLISHING HER BESTSELLING BOOK, THE FAST DIET , SHE SAYS SHE NOW EATS WITH LOVE – AND HER BODY LOVES IT, TOO

In June 2024, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley was on holiday in Greece with her husband, Dr Michael Mosley , when he set off for a walk and died. Here, Clare shares how writing her book Eating Together helped her get through the awful first few months after his death

Serves 6Prep time 15 min • 150g hot-smoked trout, roughly chopped • 1 small garlic clove • Finely grated zest ½ lemon, plus juice of 1 lemon • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle • 19

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.

Food has never just been fuel for me because when I was younger, there wasn’t much of it. My first memories are of my father, who would get a Chinese takeaway when he’d sold a painting. The first time