After what feels like years of doing very little and months’ of writers block, I have decided to write about something that I love; something that I simply cannot start my day without. Coffee. It is true what people say; by the time you have drunk a few thousand cups of it, you cannot live… Read more

Now the UK is on lockdown, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to focus my attention once again to my blog. Being stuck at home for days on end has led to me researching everything that my dad likes to collect; from brown wooden boxes, to Toby Jugs. What puzzles me the most… Read more

Today, many people eat dinner in front of the television. Eating around the table surrounded by our family and friends happens infrequently and for some just once a year on Christmas Day. We have such hectic lives that eating for pleasure rather than survival has become a norm. Yet, in the nineteenth century, evening dinner… Read more