Recipe: Bake the cutest vegan Valentine cupcakes
08 February 2024
Recipe: Bake the cutest vegan Valentine cupcakes
08 February 2024Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for February: vegan Valentine cupcakes
Wine: Six of the best bottles of bubbly for Valentine’s
08 February 2024
Wine: Six of the best bottles of bubbly for Valentine’s
08 February 2024Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Velvet’s resident wine buff is raising a glass to romance. . .
Homes: Quick wins to give your rooms a fresh feel
02 February 2024
Homes: Quick wins to give your rooms a fresh feel
02 February 2024The start of a new year is a prompt to press reset - and one of the easiest and most impactful places to start is the home. . .
Five of the Best: Places to find top-notch hot choc in Cambridge
26 January 2024
Five of the Best: Places to find top-notch hot choc in Cambridge
26 January 2024Cambridge Food Blog’s Gracie Mills shares her five favourite hot chocolate spots in and around the city
Perfect Planting: Top garden plants to bring on the spring
26 January 2024
Perfect Planting: Top garden plants to bring on the spring
26 January 2024Newmarket garden designer Melanie Taylor selects her top five flowering plants to herald spring
Good Cooking: Make the ultimate winter-warmer soup – and it’s vegan
26 January 2024
Good Cooking: Make the ultimate winter-warmer soup – and it’s vegan
26 January 2024Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for January: smoky chilli bean soup
Event: #CamChocoFest is back! Book your tickets now. . .
19 January 2024
Event: #CamChocoFest is back! Book your tickets now. . .
19 January 2024Love chocolate? #CamChocoFest is back, bringing three days of stalls, tastings, talks, workshops and a stellar film screening to the city
Veganuary: Four fast and delicious recipes from around the world
17 January 2024
Veganuary: Four fast and delicious recipes from around the world
17 January 2024Doing Veganuary and running out of recipe ideas? These global dishes are quick to make - and delicious to eat. . .
Gardens: Four of the best local places to see snowdrops
16 January 2024
Gardens: Four of the best local places to see snowdrops
16 January 2024The sight of snowdrops is sure to lift winter spirits. And where better to see them than our local National Trust gardens?
Books: Curl up with this Cambridge-set thriller series
12 January 2024
Books: Curl up with this Cambridge-set thriller series
12 January 2024Cambridge author Susan Grossey tells Velvet why the “seamier side” of University life in the late Regency proved an irresistible subject. . .
Dining Out: Doing Veganuary? These are the local restaurants to book
12 January 2024
Dining Out: Doing Veganuary? These are the local restaurants to book
12 January 2024To celebrate 10 years of Veganuary – the global campaign to try vegan for January and beyond - Velvet recommends five local plant-powered menus
Interiors: Why modern classic design never falls out of fashion
12 January 2024
Interiors: Why modern classic design never falls out of fashion
12 January 2024“One style manages to stand the test of time while seamlessly incorporating the new. . .” Why modern classic design is truly timeless
Parenting: Cambridge dad Chris Howard on the joy of what children say
03 January 2024
Parenting: Cambridge dad Chris Howard on the joy of what children say
03 January 2024Tuning into the ‘otherworldly’ conversations of his three spirited daughters brings bemusement and joy in equal measure, says Chris Howard
Off the Shelf: Top books to read and games to play this Twixmas
29 December 2023
Off the Shelf: Top books to read and games to play this Twixmas
29 December 2023In her first column for Velvet, Bishop’s Stortford book reviewer Janet Gordon shares the best books to read and games to play this Twixmas
A Boy Called Dad: Adventurer Chris Howard on the joys of a family Christmas
23 December 2023
A Boy Called Dad: Adventurer Chris Howard on the joys of a family Christmas
23 December 2023Cambridge dad about town Chris Howard on how to have a joyful Christmas with children
Drink: Six of the best sparklers to sip this festive season
22 December 2023
Drink: Six of the best sparklers to sip this festive season
22 December 2023Velvet’s wine columnist Giles Luckettpops the cork on six stunning Christmas sparklers. . .
Recipe: Could this be the ultimate vegan Christmas dinner?
22 December 2023
Recipe: Could this be the ultimate vegan Christmas dinner?
22 December 2023Cambridge plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for Christmas: nut roast pie
Fashion: A stylist’s hacks for effortless holiday dressing
22 December 2023
Fashion: A stylist’s hacks for effortless holiday dressing
22 December 2023Cambridge-based stylist Maggie Devine shares her top tips for elegant - and effortless - holiday dressing
Christmas: Get your spare room ready for festive guests
22 December 2023
Christmas: Get your spare room ready for festive guests
22 December 2023Expecting houseguests this Christmas? Cambridge designer Emma Downie shares her top tips to spruce up your guest room
Finding Joy: How venturing out of your comfort bubble can enhance your life
17 December 2023
Finding Joy: How venturing out of your comfort bubble can enhance your life
17 December 2023Kinesiology practitioner Antonia Beamish explains how embracing our authentic selves boosts our self-esteem immeasurably