TOAST Magazine

Each week we publish articles on books, artists, seasonal recipes, travel and the stories of our makers and materials.

RECALLING THE MONASTERIES

Over one hundred monasteries on a small island. In our ten or so days there

12 years ago
5 FAVOURITE BLOGS - February

Image credit: Petite PassportA selection of our favourite blogs this month.

12 years ago
MUSHROOM FORAGING

And off we go into the forest with Jackie Mushroom, who looks a bit like a

12 years ago
BATTLE OF THE ORANGES COMPETITION

Today the inhabitants of the ancient town of Ivrea in Northern Italy celebrate

12 years ago
AN IMPROBABLE ANGEL - A LOVE STORY

I'd been feeling sad and single for a while, locked away in my little room all

12 years ago
A RECIPE - MONK'S SALAD

SERVES 4-6 AS A SIDE / 2 HUNGRY PEOPLE AS A MAIN We ate this salad at the

12 years ago
NEW YEAR, NEW LIGHT

A LIGHT EXISTS ON SPRING NOT PRESENT IN THE YEAR AT ANY OTHER PERIOD WHEN

12 years ago
A FILM - SPRING / SUMMER 15 PREVIEW

Putting the old year respectfully to bed and turning forward to face the new

12 years ago
GUIDE TO SYMI, GREECE

Sailing into Symi's amphitheatrical harbour is like drifting into a pastel

12 years ago
12 GOOD THINGS 2014 / A PERSONAL LIST

1. THE MOSS - TOAST DEC / 14 SHOOT IN ICELAND 2. BOYHOOD - FILM 3. TOAST

12 years ago
Shelley & Vegetarianism

Percy Bysshe Shelley, along with Finnegan's Wake, the Arabic

12 years ago
Spirit of Place / The Ghosts of Old Holborn

Michael Smith Last Friday I found myself in a part of London that may well

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Art of Place / Alice Myers Borderlands

Catrina Davies I met Alice Myers in Scotland on a day when nature was getting

12 years ago
A Mini History Of... Fair Isle

Andie Cusick The literal translation of Fair Isle' is island of

12 years ago
TALTSY MUSEUM

Sara Wheeler An oval portrait of Tsar Alexander III hung uncertainly on one of

12 years ago
BAKE LITE

Orlando Gough My wife Jo, who is a knitwear designer, had the privilege of

12 years ago
SPIRIT OF PLACE / EAST CLIFF, WHITBY

Michael Smith We'd gone to Whitby on the wrong day. The Sunday crowds were

12 years ago
UNMISTAKABLE MUSHROOMS

Kate O'Brien Amethyst death cap is a cheerful looking mushroom, often depicted

12 years ago
WORKSPACE / HARRIET HOULT

Harriet Hoult is an abstract painter with an instinctive approach to her work.

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ART OF PLACE / DOMINIC CLARE'S SNOWDONIA

The first piece in a new series by Catrina Davies exploring the relationship

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TEXTURES / ORLANDO

Alexandra Harris on fashion and thought in Virginia's Woolf's novel

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A MINI HISTORY OF THE PARKA

Andie Cusick The parka is often thought to have its origins in the military

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APPLES

By Orlando Gough See Orlando Gough's Recipe Journal here.

12 years ago
SPIRIT OF PLACE / ARMORICAN BEAUTY

Michael Smith At the end of the summer I spent a week at my brother-in-law's

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