Small Pleasures The first book in Hilary

The first book in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy

Travelling through nature

Ferments and Pickles (think Miso and Kimchi)

doughnuts with an ever-changing filling to keep the bakery queue happy- sticky fika buns with mix-and-match fillings such as cardamom and orange- Happy Bread covered with salted caramel- cheese straws made with easy homemade ruff puff pastry- the ultimate brown butter and choc chip cookies with the perfect combination of gooey centre and crispy edges

a diverse group of schoolgirls

Small Pleasures The first book in HilaryClare Chambers 1957, south east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and on the brink of forty living a limited existence with her truculent mother. When a young Swiss woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. But the more she investigates, the more her life becomes