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5 Jun 2020: This is me enjoying coffee after recording the latest 'Concert From Our Living Room' with my husband Marcus Barcham Stevens (Clare College alumnus). My mum boug

1 Jun 2020: This particular mug is very precious to me as it comes from Valvona & Crolla the wonderful Edinburgh family-owned deli round the corner from my parents - it

22 May 2020: In the Arctic Tundra, I slept on tussock grass atop a permafrost bed and drank out of glaciers. Cottonweed, the food of the caribou drifted in the air. Golden e

10 Jun 2020: Enjoying a #TriniTea with my girls today. My mug is from the University of Cambridge 800 Years anniversary. It was 2009; only eleven years ago, but so many thin

8 May 2020: The wonders of technology are enabling us to stay in touch with family and loved ones in the midst of lockdown. The anniversary of VE day makes me reflect on th

10 Jun 2020: The UK's International Mathematical Olympiad selection camp is usually hosted by Trinity, but this year like so many things has moved online. Some Trinity mathe

12 Jun 2020: This is my favourite stripy mug, made by Marit of All Gone Ceramics (once in Cambridge Market, now in Norway). It’s the perfect shape for cradling, sipping from

14 May 2020: This is one of my favourite mugs, holding black coffee just perfectly. I am continuing to study for the RHS exams, now via Microsoft Team lectures. The exams ar

11 May 2020: Taking a break from work on the next issue of 'The Fountain' magazine. Whenever I need to put the world on pause, I make a cuppa in my favourite mug and stop an

28 Apr 2020: Ten years in the making, this scholarly tome was published on 19 March at the start of the lockdown. The mug loyally attended the final phase of its editor’s la