How do you do the Jubilee on the radio? Is it actually possible to discuss the impending royal knees-up without archive films of trestle tables bisecting drab Seventies streets, and of the young monarch gamely watching "exotic" performances under a canopy in an unnamed African country, the Duke silently rolling his eyes in the background.
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Suffolk pig flies under Olympic radar: Organisers announce details of 'world's largest peace time catering operation'
Wednesday 30 May 2012
It may come as scant comfort, but somewhere in the corner of a Suffolk field there roams a pig who is to die a martyr’s death.
On the road in Ibiza: Drawn to the good life as inspiration kicks in
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today a few fellow travellers and I are taking part in an art class in the cute garden studio of Can Amonita, a quiet Ibicencan villa in the north of the island overlooking the San Juan valley. It is stunningly hot and I am glad to be inside, standing at a giant easel with a smooth piece of charcoal in hand, pretending I'll be able to draw the heavily pregnant naked woman in front of me.
Dairy Crest's first loss as deliveries drop
Friday 25 May 2012
The drop in demand for home milk deliveries and supermarket competition has caused Dairy Crest to post its first annual loss as a public company, after a £81.7m writedown.
Joanna Blythman: GM crop trials are reckless and needless
Thursday 24 May 2012
This Sunday, exasperated farmers and citizens will travel to a field near Harpenden to uproot a crop of genetically modified wheat. They have been denounced in purple prose by pro-GM commentators, as science haters, "Nazi book burners" and vandals. But what else can concerned citizens do when the company conducting the GM wheat trial, Rothamsted Research, presses on recklessly with an open field experiment that has the potential to contaminate neighbouring farmers' crops and trigger unpredictable impacts on other species?
Joanna Blythman: GM crop trials are needless and reckless
Thursday 24 May 2012
Canadian researchers have found traces of GM pesticide in 93 per cent of baby foetuses
Lisa Markwell: Why I still want people to come dine with me
Friday 18 May 2012
Surveying the dirty dishes and streaky glasses after a midweek dinner party, it would be easy to agree with the YouGov survey announced yesterday that 40 per cent of us can't face the hassle or expense. After a dash home from work to tidy up and throw together a shepherds pie (I always forget the homespun end result comes from laborious preparation), by 10.30pm I'm wishing my guests would bugger off so I could go to bed. Then there's the clearing up ...
No, Mr Bond, I expect you to dine
Friday 18 May 2012
He insists on seasonal ingredients, is keen to sample the most exotic of local cuisines, and waxes lyrical about his breakfast. Charlotte McDonald-Gibson wonders if 007 was the prototype foodie
Dr John Sentamu: World leaders need to show more ambition in tackling hunger
Friday 18 May 2012
Around 170 million children worldwide risk life-long impairment because of their diets
Trending: Find your perfect burger via a new app
Monday 14 May 2012
The battle among foodies to be the first to discover a brilliant new burger is hotting up. Now there's an app for that, says Sophie Morris
On The Menu: Yum buns; Dom Perignon; Potted Fish Company; French & Grace; astronaut ice cream
Friday 11 May 2012
This week I've been eating...Yum buns
How to make the most of milk
Friday 11 May 2012
Why stick to dairy, says Raymond Blanc, when other varieties from rice to coconut make puddings and sauces so delicious?
Kitchen confidential: Nooror Somany Steppe
Sunday 06 May 2012
'My dream dining companion? Jennifer Lopez. I love her music'
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