At the punctuation points of life – birthdays, weddings, christenings and funerals – the English mind turns to cake. Alongside its place as the centrepiece of our celebrations, cake has a humbler place in daily life: a small, affordable luxury that invites us to pause for a moment in the afternoon, when energy begins to fade.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Piers de Laszlo s battle with cancer forced him to abandon his hopes of establishing a haven for fellow artists, and for writers, in a Portuguese fishing town, Olhao.