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Every week, we share articles featuring books, artists, seasonal recipes, travel experiences, and the inspiring stories behind our makers and materials.

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The Sound of Spirit

3 days ago | toa.st | Mina Holland

“One of my earliest food memories is mum making this salad,” says Ukraine-born chef Olia Hercules of the bowlful in front of her, “I’m just mad about it at the moment.” We're in the kitchen she shares with her two sons and food photographer husband, Joe Woodhouse, in London's Forest Gate, and in the bowl is an orchestra of summer garden vegetables, soft herbs and sour cream.
Clay, Sea, and Sky

2 weeks ago | toa.st | Lauren Sneade

For ceramicist and TOAST New Maker Amy Leeworthy, home sits on the edge of Australia’s Mornington Peninsula, a stretch of coastal Victoria where bushland meets sea and the salt air carries the sound of currawongs and cockatoos. Her house is a place of gentle chaos.
The Fabric of Life

3 weeks ago | toa.st | Lauren Sneade

Textiles live many lives, and are integral to spaces we call home. They often mark our first material connection, with newborns swaddled in blankets thoughtfully knitted, woven, or patchworked by hand. For hand-weaver and TOAST New Maker Sabine Van der Sande, this connection is foundational to her craft. “I love the intimacy of textiles,” she says. “You wear them close to your skin.
Monthly Happenings | June

4 weeks ago | toa.st | Lauren Sneade

We approach the solstice, a time for long summer evenings with gardens in full bloom. June offers five inspiring events, from a sculptural installation at Houghton Hall in Norfolk to the release of Lally MacBeth’s forthcoming book, The Lost Folk. British sculptor Stephen Cox debuts a new body of work across the grounds and staterooms of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. Carved from alabaster, sandstone, and granite, his monumental forms draw on sacred architecture and classical motifs.
TOAST & Leach Pottery | Beyond Tradition

1 month ago | toa.st | Lauren Sneade

Each May, London Craft Week brings together makers across the city in a celebration of materials and process. This year, we have partnered with Leach Pottery on an exclusive collection and a series of one-of-a-kind pieces created by members of the St Ives studio. The tableware collection, which is exclusively available to purchase at our Notting Hill shop until 18 May, draws inspiration from Japanese tea ceremonies, and explores traditional techniques with a playful and considered approach.
Finding Life in a Lens

1 month ago | toa.st | Mina Holland

Giles Duley recently got a tattoo on his right arm. Fittingly for a man whose photojournalism documents the long-term impact of war on human lives, it is a reproduction of Guernica, Picasso’s iconic anti-war painting from 1937. Sitting in his flat on the Hastings seafront, Duley describes how he fell asleep during the long and notoriously painful process; “I was out cold for three hours,” he laughs, lifting a fish roll to his mouth between sentences.
Breakfast with… Florence Knapp

1 month ago | toa.st | Jo Rodgers

Before she wrote her debut novel, The Names, Florence Knapp was already well known as a heritage craftsperson. Twenty years ago, with young children at home, she began a sewing blog that focused on English paper piecing, a specialised type of hand-sewing that drew a devoted community of fellow makers. Florence wrote extensively on the craft, lending her expertise to books and magazines. But all the while, she was experimenting with fiction on the side.
Emerging Craft | Meet Our New Makers 2025

1 month ago | toa.st | Lauren Sneade

For the past seven years, we have invited international craftspeople to apply for our New Makers programme. The successful artists receive expert guidance on their growing businesses, along with a platform on TOAST to sell their handcrafted goods. We started this annual non-profit mentorship to broaden the expression of our brand values, centering around thoughtful production and the preservation of centuries-old techniques.
Rosie Kellett’s Confit Cherry Tomatoes & Labneh on Toast

1 month ago | toa.st | Mina Holland

To watch Rosie Kellett move around a kitchen is to see her in her natural habitat: she is fluid, she is alert, she is calm. That she is calm is unsurprising, really, because Rosie is used to cooking for much bigger groups than the three of us (with photographer Sophie) around the table today.
The Butcher’s Almanac

2 months ago | toa.st | Lucas Oakeley

Henwen’s opened in Forest Hill the day before Halloween. Opening up in the run-up to Samhain might be considered bad luck by some, but for south London butcher shop Henwen’s, it was perfectly aligned with founder Charlie Smith and Sweyn Hall’s approach. When I visit on a Tuesday, one of the shop’s two days off, linocut paper hearts are festooned across the window. Bay leaves hang on the wall, fluttering in the wind like cherry blossoms whenever the door swings open.