Recipes, Tales and Adventures

26 April 2024 - Today our special guest is Jess Leech From The Ricketty Desk Another episode from Beyond the Tearoom where I chat with creative peo...

19 February 2024. Today, our special guest is Greg Friel From Frielance Media During the four parts of this episode, we mix, bake, ice and taste th...

11 December 2023 What happened to Greg? Winter bugs got the better of Greg, but at the last minute, Mr M gallantly stepped in. In this episode, Mr...

My Christmas cake has been maturing in the bottom of my wardrobe for two months now, coming out each week to be fed with a couple of tablespoons of...

7 November 2023 In this episode, Mother Murphy chats with author Jindra Mandova as they make Battenberg.  Jindra is the author of a series of child...

24 November 2023 One day, a baker who loves to write and chat went for a day out to Edinburgh. She met a retired forensic psychiatrist who also lik...

One year on since Beatrix travelled the dog rainbow bridge. This weekend I returned to Coniston in the Lake District to remember my best friend and...

I can’t quite believe it’s been two months since my blog, ‘Was I Once a Mermaid?’ It’s been a busy time through July and into August, and I can hea...

Eleven years ago, I didn’t even like dogs. I would have crossed the road rather than have to walk past a dog and its owner. But in 2013, an illness...

I recently posted on social media my latest cold-water dips in Coniston Water in the glorious Lake District. I’ve become gradually more immobile an...

Hands up all those who forgot to put their clocks forward last night. Of course, that only applies if you live in one of the 40% of the world’s cou...

According to the radio today, and probably all the news reports, today is Blue Monday. We are all fed up, and depressed, and it's the saddest day o...