Recipes
Recipe: Marmalade Steam Pudding
Raid your cupboard for jars of marmalade to pull together this gorgeously glazed crowd pleaser
Recipe: Scallop & Crab linguine
Our Vintage Chef Olivia Potts creates the ideal valentine’s dinner using luxurious ingredients that are simple to combine
Recipe: Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
Vintage Chef: bake a cake that packs a punch with rhubarb flavours and a burst of colour
Recipe: Cullen Skink Soup
This Scottish soup has one of the most pleasing names in culinary history – here’s how to cook it for Burns Night
Recipe: Marmalade
Vintage Chef Olivia Potts shares a family marmalade recipe that is ripe for the Seville orange season
Recipe: Potatoes Boulangères
Vintage Chef Olivia Potts shares an elegant side dish to go with any roast
Recipe: Gingernut Biscuits
A delicious winter pick-me-up and perfect partner for a cup of tea
Recipe: New Year Blinis
Whether you are throwing a party on New Year’s Eve or enjoying a cosy night in, blinis are the perfect treat to see in 2019
Recipe: Gingerbread Ham
A Christmas recipe whose festive flavours you will want to recreate year after year
Recipe: Bread & Butter Pudding
An extravagantly rich version of the all-time classic pudding
Recipe: Mackerel Pâté
A delicious supper, snack or starter that takes no time at all to whizz up
Recipe: Seed Cake
Strongly-flavoured cakes are out of fashion, but this old classic deserves to be rediscovered
Recipe: Poached Pears
Poach your pears in red wine for a visually stunning and tasty dessert
Recipe: Peach and blueberry cobbler
Cobblers are a particular favourite in the Deep South, and this is a classic combination.
Recipe: Niçoise Salad
Adding tuna steak makes for a luxury version of this classic French salad
Podcast
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That's Life with Andrew Doyle
Spectator Life's satirical writers take a sideways look at the news with Titania McGrath creator Andrew Doyle.
Travel
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10 travel books to read whilst staying put
What’s your favourite form of escapism in these strange and challenging times? Netflix is fine, but if you’re stuck indoors...
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Six classic travel documentaries to feed your wanderlust
Wanderlust isn’t an easy feeling to switch off, and, as the days lengthen and we enter the period where we...
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Six literary rail journeys to recreate: from Moscow to Mallaig
Follow in the footsteps of your favourite novels with these iconic train routes.