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What I love most about Hot Numbers (other than their own coffee creations) is the fact that there is a pay and display car park right outside… for me traveling from outside of Cambridge, this is a huge bonus as it means no faffing, I can just get parked right up, get inside and order then go again, no shopping distractions for my poor purse strings on the way hehe.  Hot Numbers is an independent coffee shop just off Mill

Having recently taken a new position during the week where I look after two very refined young boys and prepare home cooked meals for them, I had suddenly realised how quickly good manners can go out of the window, even though they had been taught them many years ago.  It’s taken a few weeks to remind them of what good manners are at the dinner table and this is a new interest that has been sparked in me, especially when

Over the last few weeks, you may have spotted a fair few bloggers, Facebookers and Tweeters going on about “CamShopLocal” and you might be wondering what on earth it’s all about…  Well, it’s simple really… The idea was discussed and the lovely Carri Pavitt (previously of Pavitt’s Pies fame) has decided to push the idea of supporting our local & independent retailers by shopping locally  from 2nd – 8th Ap

I’ve found a spa hotel worthy of a mention, completely competent, with a team totally admirable in the face of disaster…. Introducing Hanbury Manor Hanbury Manor, a Marriott Hotel & Country Club, is an historic 17th century Jacobean style country house with 161 spacious bedrooms, set in 200 acres of stunning parkland just outside of Ware in Hertfordshire. This beautiful manor house is in fact a Marriott Hotel a

After the success of our very first Afternoon Tea etiquette Workshop in Cambridge with The Secluded Tea Party, we are very pleased to be returning to help you learn your traditionally British manners over a luxurious afternoon tea with Miss Sue Flay herself and the UK’s leading expert and consultant in etiquette and protocol, William Hanson. William Hanson, one of the world’s youngest etiquette specialists, will be

To find out more about baking lessons in your own home, as an individual,  couple, family or with friends fora special occasion,  just click here.  Or email: cake@secludedteaparty.com  Miss Sue Flay 

A few weeks ago I was in contact with the lovely Jen from “Great Cake Places” through Twitter, she was on the search for the best cake places across the UK for a new publication that was excitingly touring the length and breadth of our fine country.  The publication is commissioned by Allegra Publications, a small publishing company based in London, host to some fantastic food guides such as “Great Cake Place

This morning, I drove through the snow and the icy roads (it wasn’t quite the Antarctic ; ) and headed down to the BBC Radio Cambridge studio for a chat with Mark Rumble on his “Music of My Life” Sunday morning show.  It’s like a shorter version of “Desert Island Discs” where he has local business owners on air to chat about their passions and their fave songs, what’s not to love?!R

This blog contains a theme of an adult nature – So as not to offend!  Before you read this “How To” guide, I want you to get into the mood, check out my Spotify account with my very own “Breaking Bad” playlist to get you in the right mindset.  What is “Breaking Bad” I hear you ask?  It’s a TV series about a Chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, so he quits his