TOAST Magazine
Each week we publish articles on books, artists, seasonal recipes, travel and the stories of our makers and materials.
A MINI HISTORY OF THE PARKA
Andie Cusick The parka is often thought to have its origins in the military
SPIRIT OF PLACE / ARMORICAN BEAUTY
Michael Smith At the end of the summer I spent a week at my brother-in-law's
BLACK COUNTRY
At last night's Forward Prize 2014, poet Liz Berry won the Felix Dennis Prize
THE HIGH LINE
Kate O'Brien As the sun set on the New York City skyline last month, sweaty
A MINI HISTORY OF... THE BROGUE
Andie Cusick As a child, I loved polishing shoes. Every week I would help my
FALAFEL AND MUJADARRA
Orlando Gough Gaza. O, O, O, O. I'm working on the production of a piece
THE DROVING PROJECT
Catrina Davies drives cattle along an ancient drovers' route in Scotland's
AUGUST TOAST / MOSEL WITH DINOSAURS
Nat Lucas The building of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, in 1991 toppled the
PENELOPE FITZGERALD: A LIFE
Penelope Fitzgerald, 1940 Dooley Archive This week, Professor Dame Hermione
ALPINE FLOWERS
Kate O'Brien Last month I spent some time sleeping next to Mont Blanc in a
WORKSPACE / RICHARD COOK
Richard Cook is a painter who, having trained at St Martin's School of Art and
SPIRIT OF PLACE / PORT ELIOT
Michael Smith As we drove over the water, above Isambard Kingdom Brunel's
JULY TOAST / SYMPHONY OF MINIATURES
"Nat Lucas "Good symphonies are often in some ways an unfolding sequence of"
TEXTURES / ANNA KARENINA
Caroline Davidson My copy of Anna Karenina looks a little as if it's been hit
SPIRIT OF PLACE / KETTLE'S YARD
Michael Smith I was happily lost in Cambridge, enchanted by its gothic
FAST FOOD / AGA V MICROWAVE
Orlando Gough The other day in the Grauniad, under the headline DON'T KNOCK
JUNE TOAST / ELDERFLOWER TWO WAYS
Nat Lucas Elderflower blooms herald the arrival of picnic season, granting