Journal

  Halloween and Bonfire Night call for sweet treats and foods you can eat with your hands, perhaps even with your winter gloves on! The crunch of a toffee apple is a nostalgic autumnal classic and you're still getting one...

This week, the 9th to the 15th of July, is Bees Needs Week 2018, coordinated by Defra. It is a yearly spotlight on the food and housing needs of our bee species - of which there are approximately 220 different species in the UK! The week is just one part of a wider National Pollinator Strategy.

We caught up with bee-loving gardening author and TV presenter Sarah Raven to get her top tips on gardening for Bees Needs. 

Efficiency is dogma in modern Britain, when it comes to travel we tend to choose speed and low cost over style and enjoyment, but sometimes shouldn’t the journey itself be as good as the destination?

After starting life on the wing, our honey has found its way onto a rather special train.

Join London Honey Company founder and head beekeeper Steve Benbow in East Sussex at Sarah Raven's Farm, Perch Hill, for an introduction to beekeeping.

A romp through lots of different aspects of beekeeping to give participants an overview of what to expect when thinking of adopting beekeeping.

We all express love in different ways, but in this age of consumerism when it's easy to buy something, cooking treats for your loved ones is a sure way to show that you care.

We love this delicious recipe for raw chocolate & honey truffles, it is both indulgent and yet packed with nutritious ingredients and sweetened only with natural honey and dates.

    As we reach the winter solstice, when the sun makes its shortest and lowest appearance of the year above the horizon, I find solace in a book and a comfy chair.  Mary Oliver's poem about honey struck a...

    We thought you'd like this letter to Steve from chef Mickael Weiss, who at the time of writing was head chef at Coq d’Argent. His recipe for Spiced Honey Dressing is a perfect party trick to have up...

Porridge, with borage honey and apple slices.   The winter months are upon us, we savour the daylight hours having taken them for granted in the summer. The clock change for me is the most depressing time of the year,...

Jess Albarn's Devon meadow, a carpet of Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor   Artist Jessica Albarn came over to our railway arch in Bermondsey last week to pick up some of our new Amber Pharmacy Glass Pure Beeswax Candles, which we are delighted...