With us all spending a lot more time at home at the moment, you might be missing visiting your favourite restaurants for fancy meals. If so, why not try hosting an elegant dinner party at home? Of course, during the lockdown, you’ll only be able to invite those from your household to the dinner table. But, if you’re missing your friends and family, you could plan a more extravagant affair for when things start to get back to normal. Whenever you decide to have your at-home dinner party, there are some steps you can take to make it as special as possible. Here, I’m going to outline my top tips that will make for a fantastic evening.

With Father’s Day fast approaching and many of us trying to buy more sustainable gifts for birthdays and special occasions, we’ve got the perfect gift for the man in your life: a linen apron. Whether he’s your barbecue-loving dad, your foodie brother or your sourdough-making friend, a beautiful, functional apron makes a great present. With most of the world in some form of lockdown at the moment, we are spending much more time in our homes. This means paying more attention to what we eat, more home cooking, more gardening (if we are lucky enough to have outside space) and more time to get round to those niggling DIY tasks that need fixing. A linen apron is the perfect companion for these domestic tasks. Here’s why: