Table Talk

Poop poop purchases

Thomas Woodham-Smith goes shopping for the dealer’s friend, a whale on wheels

Infinite enjoyment

Duff Cooper understood wine’s power as ‘firm friend and wise councillor’

The terrible south

Claudia Savage-Gore crosses town to go the extra mile for Hector

Bloody vegans

Patrick Galbraith on the complex ethics of butter substitutes

Only collect

The key to successful selling is to cultivate collectors

Crake and ales

Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod

The Piedmontese job

Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington

Pick of the bunch

Garden flowers are for posies

After the goldrush

Hannah Betts finds a way to live with her pet hate — denim jeans

Chips with everything

There is a way to serve pasta and potatoes — with garlic