The Strong Pull Of Nostalgia
The joy of nostalgia... Happy memories comfort us. They ground us. And yet, somehow, they bring about the soft ache of knowing we can’t go back to that time.
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Cranberry & Pumpkin Seed Cookies
I made these delicious cranberry and pumpkin seed cookies last week on a grey afternoon and they made the kitchen smell amazing! There's nothing like the smell of cookies baking...
Why Autumn Makes Us Want to Bake, Snuggle and Stay Home
Spring seems to urge us to fling open the windows and scrub everything clean, to shake out the rugs, dust and start afresh. But autumn is different. It feels almost...
September - A Return To Familiar Things
When we were children, the beginning of September meant shiny new school shoes, blank exercise books and freshly sharpened pencils. There was that odd mix of excitement and nerves as...
We’ve got something special planned for you…
To celebrate both our HQ’s birthday and the launch of our 2025 Autumn range, we have a lfree gift scheme that starts at 8pm 31/8
An Old Fashioned Loaf Cake Recipe!
Recently I was thinking of a delicious loaf cake my grandma used to bake. She called it ‘sticky loaf’ and I absolutely loved it. She would always bake one for...
The gentle pull of home as the season starts to turn ...
As the evenings gently begin to draw in and the late summer light begins to fade at the edges, our minds start to drift backwards. We find ourselves remembering… Not...
Why is it that we love tiny waistcoated creatures?
Rabbits in waistcoats and mice in aprons… A little reflection on our enduring affection for anthropomorphic animals.