For a while, I was obsessed with the advice of high-level coffee experts like James Hoffmann (who taught me, among other things, not to “press” a French press).Of course, professional wisdom is well ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...