CHOCOLATE LABRADORS: The colour of a labrador’s coat is immaterial: chocolate is as good as any.
FISHING: Forget your last meal, where would your last cast be? Adrian Dangar asks the fishing experts.
GARDENS: When all else fails, there are a few plants on which you can always rely, says Alan Titchmarsh.
ART: Gary Bunt’s simple, nostalgic paintings have a deeper meaning.
MY FAVOURITE PAINTING: Dan Skelton, racehorse trainer, chooses a scene full of movement.
MOTORING: Jack Watkins gets behind the wheel of the great Land Rover.
ST FAGANS: David Robinson examines the story behind St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff.
LUXURY: Hetty Lintell turns to tweed.
BACON: Can anyone resist a sizzling slice of bacon, asks Tom Parker Bowles.
RECIPE: Melanie Johnson tucks in to pears.
TRAVEL: Venice, hives and British Pullman.
INTERIORS: Charleston and Craft Week.
THEATRE: Michael Billington relishes old and new classics of live theatre.
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'To exist in this world relies on the hands of others': Roger Powell and modern British bookbindingAn exhibition on the legendary bookbinder Roger Powell reveals not only his great skill, but serves to reconnect us with the joy, power and importance of real craftsmanship.
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Spam: The tinned meaty treat that brought a taste of the ‘hot-dog life of Hollywood’ to war-weary BritainCourtesy of our ‘special relationship’ with the US, Spam was a culinary phenomenon, says Mary Greene. So much so that in 1944, London’s Simpson’s, renowned for its roast beef, was offering creamed Spam casserole instead.
