Friday nights in the UK used to be an enormous sigh of relief. That time when you could shrug off the working week, wander over to the local pub flop with a drink whilst they rustled up the best fish and chips you could buy. The last few Fridays have felt a little... It’s a case of too many bassets in the kitchen recently. Fortnum has learned that if he lies in the kitchen – right in the spot between the workbench and the cooker – there is every chance that: (a) some bits will drop to the floor and... There is no doubt it’s so much better when you can photograph the bassets at their eye level. But this is much easier said than done. For these dogs are just a few inches off the ground and as much as I love them and this basset eye view scrabbling around in... Autumn will be officially over in a week so I’ve been making the most of hanging onto the autumnal rituals and natural occurrences. This spider’s web caught my eye as it’s captured the leaves falling. The temperature forests or bush we have an... Setting aside the biting wind and driving rain there are other signs of the onset of winter. The root vegetables are starting to come into their own as winter warmers. With soups and casseroles starting to be the order of the day we are well stocked with parsnips,... 