Wine List: Pop the bubbly for English Wine Week
19 May 2022
Wine List: Pop the bubbly for English Wine Week
19 May 2022In his May column for Velvet, Majestic's Hamish Wakes-Miller breaks out the bubbly for English Wine Week
Good Cooking: The perfect vegan spring-greens soup
08 May 2022
Good Cooking: The perfect vegan spring-greens soup
08 May 2022Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. For May: spring greens and cannellini bean soup
Fitness: Step out for National Walking Month
02 May 2022
Fitness: Step out for National Walking Month
02 May 2022It’s National Walking Month: time to boost health, fitness and wellness too, by joining one of our area’s top walking groups. . .
Grub Club: The foodies share their best buys
26 April 2022
Grub Club: The foodies share their best buys
26 April 2022The team at Grub Club Cambridge know their food (and drink). They tell us what’s trending
Cambridge Foodies: Five top Cambridge curry houses
21 April 2022
Cambridge Foodies: Five top Cambridge curry houses
21 April 2022Cambridge Foodies founder Simon Tompkins is an Indian restaurant aficionado. This month, he spotlights five of our area’s best
How To: Make gilded mini egg planters for Easter
15 April 2022
How To: Make gilded mini egg planters for Easter
15 April 2022Bring in the spring and get set to celebrate Easter by turning a clutch of eggshells into miniature gilded planters. Jen Rich shows us how
Inside Story: Decorate with nature this spring
12 April 2022
Inside Story: Decorate with nature this spring
12 April 2022COCO Interior Design's Georgina Robertson shows us how following nature’s patterns can produce a singularly calming space
The Wine List: Raising a glass to spring
09 April 2022
The Wine List: Raising a glass to spring
09 April 2022In his April column for Velvet, Hamish Wakes-Miller of Cambridge's Majestic Wine shares his top vintages for spring
Cover Shoot: Spring trends at Walden boutique Blue
07 April 2022
Cover Shoot: Spring trends at Walden boutique Blue
07 April 2022Velvet’s contributing fashion editor Rohiny Belani showcases looks from the SS22 collection at Saffron Walden boutique Blue
How To: Ice a bunch of daffodil biscuits
31 March 2022
How To: Ice a bunch of daffodil biscuits
31 March 2022Producing perfect iced biscuits is easier than you think. So says Brampton's Jen Rich, author of new book Clever Cookie Cutter
Good Cooking: Make Melanie's vegan curried rice
24 March 2022
Good Cooking: Make Melanie's vegan curried rice
24 March 2022Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for March: curried vegetable rice
Fitness Diaries: Finding your female power
14 March 2022
Fitness Diaries: Finding your female power
14 March 2022Amber Brammah is founder of Lovefit, Cambridge. Mum to Milo and a pre and postnatal specialist, she helps women get back into bodies they love
How To: Turn an old pallet into a herb planter
12 March 2022
How To: Turn an old pallet into a herb planter
12 March 2022In this extract from her new book Pallet Style, local upcycling legend Nikkita Palmer shows us how to make a herb box planter
People: Wise words for International Women’s Day
08 March 2022
People: Wise words for International Women’s Day
08 March 2022To mark International Women's Day, Velvet’s Riadh Falvo asks trailblazing women in our own community to share their words of wisdom
Recipe: The ultimate Gastrono-me pancake stack
01 March 2022
Recipe: The ultimate Gastrono-me pancake stack
01 March 2022To celebrate Pancake Day, Gastrono-me boss Gemma Simmonite shares her recipe for the ultimate bacon and egg-topped stack
The Wine List: Raising a glass to organic wines
01 March 2022
The Wine List: Raising a glass to organic wines
01 March 2022In his first column for Velvet, Hamish Wakes-Miller picks up on the issue’s greener living theme and looks at the history and growth of organic wine
How To: Turn old jeans into a tote bag
26 February 2022
How To: Turn old jeans into a tote bag
26 February 2022Give a pair of old jeans a second lease of life by turning them into a sturdy and stylish tote bag. Jen Rich shows us how
Interiors: Making a house an eco-friendly home
23 February 2022
Interiors: Making a house an eco-friendly home
23 February 2022As Ryan Windsor, co-founder of Cambridge architecture firm WindsorPatania, tells Velvet, sustainable home design is both age-old and on-trend
Art: The Cambridge artist painting love stories
12 February 2022
Art: The Cambridge artist painting love stories
12 February 2022Riadh Falvo discovers the work of Federica Marinaro, a Cambridge-based artist whose paintings capture real-life romance
Cambridge Foodies: Dining out on Valentine's Day
10 February 2022
Cambridge Foodies: Dining out on Valentine's Day
10 February 2022To mark Valentine’s Day, Cambridge Foodies founder Simon Tompkins spotlights five of the city’s most romantic dining destinations