Jancis's diary – July 2024

After a busy start, life has really, really calmed down for me this month. Which is a delight.

We left London for our summer billet in the Languedoc on 8 July but before then London life was as hectic as usual. On 26 June we had lunch at Clarke’s. Incredibly, Sally Clarke is celebrating the 40th anniversary of her Kensington Church Street restaurant and our lunch was a trip down memory lane for everyone round the table. Our host was Paul Henderson, who used to own Gidleigh Park hotel and restaurant in Devon and was an...