Fred de Fossard

Nine industry leaders and opinion makers share the first, memory-evoking wine moment that catalysed their passion for, and specialism in, all things Spain – that taste that shaped their personal and professional paths

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key

Laura Jackson, entrepreneur and co-founder of Glassette, reveals the things she loves

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

From prawn cocktail and Arctic roll to starched tablecloths and ‘nicotine cream’ on the walls, it’s out with the new and in with the old in the restaurant world, says David Ellis