'Social prescribing' - prescribing excercise, dance, writing classes, diets, yoga, singing with a choir, gardening or almost anything else that the patient fancies - instead of another drug prescription has been the buzz treatment on the NHS for several years now. And when you …
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Allergy in the salon
Those of you who, assuming that you had heard of them at all, had thought that the grand Salons Musicales of fin de siécle Paris – such as that of the Princesse de Polignac or the Countess Greffuhle – were a thing of the past, would be just so wrong. They are alive and kicking – …
A celebration of James’ life and work
As many of you will know, on August 24th, James, my partner for over 50 years, died suddenly after a very short and totally unexpected illness. If you had come across James it would either have been as the FoodsMatter/FreeFrom Awards webmaster and IT guru or as our video …
All a-buzz in Belsize Park….
It was the South End Green Fair today – a generally very pleasant and jolly affair with lots of goodies to eat – only slightly dampened by being the first day on which we have had any serious rain for about a month! (Do think the weather gods could have been bit kinder...) …
The Prince…. St Paul’s and the cakes…
Apart from our sallies into the past, we, at Catercall, believe that we pioneered the modern passion for 'themed' cakes. Compared with some of the look-a-like confections you can get today, ours were maybe a touch agricultural, but no one could say that they did not have …