A compendium of campfire cookstrips
Some years ago I used to draw campfire cookstrips for Scouting magazine. Presented in the style of Len Deighton’s famous 1960s illustrations... Read More
The inaugural Oak Royd Beer Festival
One of life’s great pleasures is actually doing a thing that you’ve been talking about for years. In the case of last... Read More
Mead fit for a king
‘Turbulent old time, the 17th century. It was the age of characters like Cardinal Richelieu and the Duke of Buckingham; of Oliver... Read More
Upcoming articles in Ernest journal
It’s been a quiet time on the blog recently. Partly it’s because work has picked up a bit, so some of the... Read More
A brace of birds
Pheasant shooting finished at the beginning of February, and with the closing weeks of the season came a frenzy of activity across... Read More
Brewing wild hop beer
I’ve written before about the annual Glebe Cottage hop harvest, and I thought it might be fun to post my latest method... Read More
Five comfort drinks
It’s a shame that a lot of people only ever tip back cocktails in specialist bars, because some mixed drinks are at... Read More
A birthday brew
The other week, my brother turned thirty, and he celebrated with a street party outside his end-of-terrace house in Hebden Bridge. It... Read More
Four things to do with wild garlic
Wild garlic season is knocking on, but there’s still plenty of it about, and it must rank among the most easy to... Read More
Not-so-noble experiments
Apologies for my extended radio silence. The past month, for some reason, has been one of the busiest of my freelance career,... Read More