Must-See TV Drama for Autumn 2021

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Spotify under pressure to make changes

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Not The Edinburgh Fringe unveiled

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‘Elvis’ checks out in Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

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Bucks Fizz: Ten Top Tunes

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Our Television Recs

As the summer (what summer?) draws to an end, it can only mean one thing: that a raft of excellent new dramas will be heading to your screens. The Recs ...
Oprah’s keenly-anticipated interview with Harry and Meghan airs tonight. Will it create the same shockwaves as Diana’s Panorama revelations did 26 years ago?
The Masked Singer has been a huge hit for ITV with the Series 2 final
Our monthly round up of the essential music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.

Our Good Read Recs

Murder at the Seaview Hotel is author Glenda Young's confident first step into the world of cozy crime.
To celebrate World Book Day, The Recs RCD invites you to share in the pleasure of John Wyndham’s triumph The Day of the Triffids.
Cutting through the doom and gloom of lockdown, Ruthless Women by Melanie Blake is a saucy, frothy, compulsive page-turner that marks the welcome return of the 'Bonkbuster'.
With another release delay of the next Bond film, No Time to Die, why not spend the time exploring some of Ian Fleming's original novels. The Recs picks out five ...

Creamy Chicken and Pancetta Pie

A very rich luxuriant take on the chicken pie that anyone could make - it's as easy as...pie! ...

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Edinburgh Gin Liqueurs

Edinburgh Gin Liqueurs

Here at The Recs we like to give back so in an act of complete selflessness, we blind taste-tested six Edinburgh Gin Liqueurs for you. Research at its finest! ...

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Maree d’Ione Organic Fiano

Maree d’Ione Organic Fiano

We taste test an Italian Fiano - is it worth its pricey tag? ...

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Our Film Recs

The new digital production of The Picture of Dorian Gray brings Oscar Wilde's Gothic tale bang up to date with a tense and stylish adaptation.
The Act is British short film that explores the life of a gay man in 1965 featuring moving performances by Samuel Barnett and Simon Lennon.
Our monthly round up of the essential music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.
The Recs is keenly anticipating a forthcoming digital production that reinterprets The Picture of Dorian Gray within a contemporary setting

"The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others."

~ Henry Fielding

Our Listening Recs

Spotify and other streaming services are under pressure to pay musicians and songwriters fairly following a new report by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Parliamentary Committee. The Recs looks ...
While we are marking 40 years today since Making Your Mind Up won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK, our guest writer Tony Kavanagh has chosen ten terrific tracks ...
Forty years since Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in Dublin, our guest writer musician Tony Kavanagh looks back at four decades of Fizz!
Fiona Bevan's intriguing take on the Cyndi Lauper classic, Time After Time, is The Recs' Music on Monday choice for this week.

Our Drink Recs

Here at The Recs we like to give back so in an act of complete selflessness, we blind taste-tested six Edinburgh Gin Liqueurs for you. Research at its finest!
We taste test an Italian Fiano - is it worth its pricey tag?
It's sunshine in a glass. We discover the amber-hued history of this popular Italian liqueur.

Our Food Recs

A very rich luxuriant take on the chicken pie that anyone could make - it's as easy as...pie!
Want your roasties to be crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside? Follow our recipe to guarantee the ultimate roast potatoes every time.
Try this tasty alternative version of the traditional bread and butter pudding.
A super soup that manages to be healthy and hearty but also indulgently tasty! Give our recipe a try!