I’m right behind the Meat Crusade, the new campaign to save our high street butchers. They have been haemorrhaging of late, and not because someone’s hand slipped with the cleaver. There were some 22,000 traditional butchers shops in Britain in … Continue reading →

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Orange Prize-winning novel is being adapted into a screenplay by Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele, who famously adapted Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ for the London stage. Screen Daily and IdieWire report that financing for the film is being provided by British … Continue reading →

Exciting news!  Dan Lepard’s Short And Sweet has been shortlisted in the Food category of the 2011 Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards. The shortlisted books for the 2011 prize in the food category are: Bocca – Jacob Kenedy … Continue reading →