Wild foraged Dorset porcini pasta at the restaurant today.

Great night at the fabulous Marshwood Manor, Dorset last night with Rachel Roddy and Ilaria Padovani as they shared some regional Italian cuisine musings. The food and company was great too! @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social‬ mercatoitaliano.uk/italian-chee... www.marshwoodmanor.co.uk

"How do you get away with dropping your trousers, talking about your cock, then blaming neurodiversity? It’s sickening." @maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social react to the Gregg Wallace backlash after he blamed his autism for the 50+ allegations of inappropriate workplace behaviour.

Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Sun's out, April edition is OUT! Go get yours at one of these stockists: westdorsetmag.co.uk/stockists or read online. Oh, and did we mention our NATIONAL AWARD? #newspaperawards #hyperlocal

Hooray! We are in the finals of the 2025 Newspaper Awards! Second time lucky?

About as succinct as it gets

One of Suzie’s best

I wrote this today about Christmas food being full of ghosts. Is it ok with Aunt Beat (dead, 1991) to not buy Colmans Bread Sauce? Will my dead father want this Dairy Milk? Is it ok to give myself a break? OF COURSE NOT. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Childhood is a both a shared experience everyone understands, and yet our own childhoods are completely unique. My latest Substack post explores how this can be a rich source of inspiration for writers. kmelkes.substack.com/p/universal-...