Table Talk

Carry on camping

Packing Claudia the darlings off for “improving” summer activities

Party political

Claudia Savage-Gore loses sleep plotting a stealth-lavish birthday party

Disdain on a plate

Enduring pale, greasy salmon in the spiritual home of the trout pout

Heaven and hell

Celebrate the return of normal life, but choose your guests with care

Trophy cabinets

Thomas Woodham-Smith meets the go-to man for classic English furniture

Hive minds

Plants, not hobbyists, are best for bees

The potting shelf

You can grow without a garden

Not exactly untriggered

Claudia Savage-Gore on the dinner party minefield of Everyone’s Invited

The rule of sixty

Save your shrubs with a slug pub, says Hephzibah Anderson

Rabbit, run

Patrick Galbraith enjoys a frustrating day with dog and gun