4th June 2020 I'm writing to you with an idea. A proposal. A dream. All of which will be fun whilst also being very significant and relevant; the MMB: Soil t...

3rd June 2020 Hello everyone How have you been? Have you had a chance to enjoy the sun? Who has started getting out and about more? I must admit that we are ...

27th May 2020 I'm sitting in our garden and I'm feeling a bit chilly. I've done that thing of thinking 'wouldn't it be nice to sit out in the sun whilst I wr...

11th May 2020 Hello I hope you're all keeping well and healthy. I wanted to write to let you all be the first to know that we are very tentatively going to o...

30th April 2020 Hello I write this from my bed. At 5.37pm. Not because I'm being lazy. Not because I'm ill, nor tired. But because I've been banished. It's m...

16th March 2020 Hello I had, for once, planned well in advance what I was going to write about in my newsletter this week. Typical, therefore, that the coron...

9th March 2020 Photo courtesy of Shop at Seed Hello I want to talk to you about collaboration. This week my friend and super talented ceramicist Gabby from S...

2nd March 2020 ' Hello And here we are in March. At least today has been Spring-like in weather. Much deserved I think after the last few days (weeks?) of pr...

24th February 2020 'MMB Street circa. 1922' * Hello I can't quite believe it's nearly the end of February already. I think it must be the hideous weather mak...

17th February 2020 Hello Well no sooner has Storm Ciara been and gone that Storm Dennis decides to come and give us his two pennies worth. My father-in-law i...

10th February 2020 Hello How are you all? Keeping safe as Storm Ciara shows us who's boss? You should have seen Jeff yesterday morning trying to secure our s...

3rd February 2020 Hello Well that was an interesting week. It's one thing putting your back out but then throw in a broken mixer and one's patience is tested...

27th January 2020 I've gone and put my back out. And I'm currently sat here with a hot water bottle strapped to my lower back. Ever the glamour-puss baker. I...

20th January 2020 Photo credit: Frances Moxham Hello So after days and days with THE FEAR of returning to work last week, the reality was far from what I'd i...

13th January 2020 Welcome Back Ok so I know you're all probably well past the gestures of 'Happy New Year, how was your Christmas? Did you have a good break?...

16th December 2019 Hello This week last year, we picked up the keys to 2a Church Street. A year on and we could not be happier, more grateful or proud of how...

9th December 2019 Hello And all of sudden it is Monday again. December is rushing by and before we know it the big day will be here. I keep trying to remind ...

2nd December 2019 Hello I hope you've all had a good week and you are now well and truly getting into the festive spirit. Jeff hasn't got a leg to stand on w...

25th November 2019 Hello Well now the Christmas lights have been switched on in Saffron Walden, I think we can all agree that a little festive sparkle is now...

20th November 2019 Hello I recently read a PR blog saying that you shouldn't introduce a new business project to your customers by saying 'I am so excited to...