13th March 2026

Today Rhona Clare and I were going to Fortnum and Masons tea shopping and for Shelina Permalloo’s talk on her new book, what to cook when everyone’s hungry.

We started in the tea hall, Rhona and I are off to my friend Tracie’s birthday party and, as she wanted tea and coffee, I wanted to stop and get her something special. I chose the Royal Blend, Rhona picked Rooibos, then we got some gorgeous shortbread biscuits, a fine bone china mug and our favourite Nespresso coffees.

After the hard work of shopping we stopped for a glass of prosecco before going up to Shelina’s talk.  F&M is such an interesting place and the wine bar was fabulous. A must visit for anybody visiting London.