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Food From 4th: Giving dal a kick from Nigel Slater

Dear dal, how I love thee. Aromatic, ochre-hued, velvet-textured slush that you are. I love the sound of you. The gentle tattle-tattle of the lid as you putter away on the hob. Your scent, the way you make the kitchen smell of home. Read More

Food From 4th: Buttermilk and oat chicken schnitzel from Anja Dunk

BUTTERMILK AND OAT CHICKEN SCHNITZEL from Anja Dunk's Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings. Read More

Food From 4th: Little potato dumplings with spinach cream from Anja Dunk

LITTLE POTATO DUMPLINGS WITH SPINACH CREAM from Anja Dunk's Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings. Read More

Food From 4th: Thyme and hazelnut butter with turmeric noodles from Anja Dunk

THYME AND HAZELNUT BUTTER WITH TURMERIC NOODLES from Anja Dunk's Strudel, Noodles and Dumplings. Read More

4thcoming: Darragh Martin

The 4thcoming series is all about introducing you to our authors. If you’ve ever wondered what your favourite 4th Estate author is currently reading, listening to or what their writing ritual is, then we’ve got all those answers for you. Darragh Martin’s latest novel Future Popes of Ireland is a big-hearted, funny and sad novel about the messiness of love, family and belief. Read More

Landscapes of Memory: Alan Garner’s Alderley Edge

Alan Garner is a writer who has sought the fantastical within the ordinary, finding magic and menace in the local landscapes and folklore of the Cheshire plains in the north west of England. Having embedded himself in Alderley Edge, the main setting for a variety of his award-winning books, Garner has come to embody the “spirit of place” with his unmatched knowledge of the area’s folklore, archaeology and history. Read More