Fred de Fossard

Pears included in Elizabethan recipes are typically ‘wardens’ – hardy varieties that must be cooked before eating, their flesh blushing with a red hue and softening into buttery deliciousness. Tudor d

Christmas is the time of year we collectively lose all sense of proportion. A turkey big enough to feed a rugby squad? Of course. Four different stuffings? Essential. A cheeseboard so large it could g

In a John Behan bronze, collector Jacqueline O’Donovan, a child of the Irish diaspora, can sense the desperation of a starving people forced to flee their land

Britain is one of the last constitutional monarchies in the world, and the king or queen still plays a ceremonial role in the governance of the state. When Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022, she was bur

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top