Guild Members may be aware of the annual Heritage Open Days heritageopendays.org.uk/about, which this year will be held from Friday 10 to Sunday 19 September.

Applications to hold an event or to offer help in your local area as an individual or company, or to help at other Heritage events are open now. Plans for all events will be flexible, depending on Covid guidelines in September.

The theme for this year is ‘Edible England’ heritageopendays.org.uk/organising/edible-england, which provides a great opportunity for Guild members to get involved in a (usually voluntary) capacity – whether offering to tie in and give historical cookery demonstrations at a heritage site or virtually. Whatever your field of expertise – historical recipes, kitchen equipment, plants and herbs, gardens – Heritage Open Days would love to hear from you.