There are years when spring has to be dragged in chains, kicking and screaming, to do what it says on the tin. In 2015 we had frosts far into May, over the brown and leafless Highlands. In 2021 ...

Simon Hopkinson is one of Britain’s most genial, unpretentious and esteemed chefs. As a young man, he became a particular pet of the late, great Elizabeth David – especially as he had the ...