Travels With My Cat

Tipsy’s not really a scaredy cat (at least that’s what she says!), and she has been known to bam-bam ghosts in the past, but luckily she didn’t need to today.  There were only nice, friendly ghosties and ghouiles, and very friendly witches at the Dersingham Road Charity Halloween Party in aid of Cancerkin and the Royal Free.  Organised by Lindsay …

–  Knock Knock –  Who’s there? –  Hallo –  Hallo-who? –  No, Halloween! Heheheheh, it’s a Halloween special issue this month, and it’s super-duper full! So take a break from carving the pumpkin or turnip Jack-o’-lanterns, and get reading now. issue-4 Lots of love, Tipsy Cat xxx

Birmingham is a buzzing city.  Brummies (that’s people from Birmingham), will tell you it’s got more canals than Venice – and it has got a lot, and the canal ways are very nice for a wander, and lots of interestingly named streets. It’s also got lots of building work going on and a great state-of-the-art, whizzy library (with a bar). …

It’s Harvest Time, and we’ve got a bumper-issue of Pets’ Mews for you. This month’s issue is filled to the brim with harvest pics of your picks, exclusive interviews and reports, and the big reveal of our competition winner’s portrait. You can download it by clicking below.  So, gather yourself a bowl of fruit, and get stuck in.  Enjoy. Third …

This was a recipe my Little Pet invented over 15 years ago at secondary school for a Year 8 cookbook.  It was really easy to make then, and we were happy to discover, it is still really easy to make and very delummy. Ingredients 10g cooking chocolate 85g cocoa (or drinking chocolate if you don’t want it sooooo cocoa-ie) 85g …

Ingredients 140 g (5 oz) self raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder (we made sure it was really level, because we were thinking of Mary Berry watching us in our imaginary tent). 115 g (4 oz) light soft brown sugar (although, my Little Pet used dark, and actually, it was fine) 2 eggs, beaten (we like using Waitbose* Intelligent Eggs, …

After seeing the falls from the Argentina side (more about that in a future blog post), we hopped over to Brazil.  The Belmond has the happy position of being right inside the park, and we were in the happy position of staying there, as Miss Tipsy Cat had more or less planned our whole trip around a particular event – and …

We stayed a week in Rio – hurrah – at a most beautiful B&B, Guest House Bianca, in Santa Teresa (fantastic hosts, great building, and an amazing view), and there were a lot of things to do, but unfortunately it rained and rained and rained, and was also a bit dangerous (don’t take any bags about with you, unless they …

Wow, you lot have been busy!  There’s been so much going on.  We’ve got your fantastic Mews, exclusive interviews, and beautiful artwork in this special Art Issue. We’ve tried to pack in as much as we could – I’m sorry we couldn’t put in more of your Mews, but if you haven’t been featured in this issue, hopefully you will be in …

Bakewell Pudding – Yes Please Now, did you know that Bakewell Pudding and Bakewell Tarts are two different things?  The famous pudding which gave the village its name (well, according to Tipsy anyway), was supposed to have come about from a misunderstanding.  The happy accident occurred when the mistress of the White Horse inn instructed her cook to add an …