at home with Rosie Birkett

There’s something slightly melancholic and back-to-school about September, and the slow, painful ebbing away of summer. October brings with it a new energy and optimism, and a comforting certainty that we are well and truly in the midst of autumn. Autumn surprises me in the quiet, understated way it delights. The shocking beauty of a crisp, golden-tinged autumnal day, and the seasonal pleasures of ripe autumn produce, all hold unique charms to be celebrated and cherished.

As it’s now too nippy for alfresco