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Julius Roberts is the face of modern farming. From his family smallholding in Dorset he has, via tiktok and instagram, given an insight like no other into what it takes to be a farmer in 2024. Julius will be talking with Angela Clutton (Food Season co-director and author of Seasoning: How to cook and celebrate the seasons) about the pressures, joys and challenges of modern farming and how the digital world can help celebrate the rhythms of the farming year. 

Angela Clutton is an award-winning food writer, cook and presenter. Her latest book (published March 2024) is Seasoning: How to cook and celebrate the seasons. It follows her multi award-winning debut book, The Vinegar Cupboard, and Borough Market: The Knowledge. Angela has worked extensively with Borough Market as host of the Borough Talks podcast,of cookalongs, and the Borough Market Cookbook Club, She is the co-director of the British Library Food Season. 

Julius Roberts is a first-generation farmer and restaurant-trained chef on a mission to live a self-sufficient life down on his family smallholding in Dorset, whilst also cultivating the finest ingredients, and cooking and eating the very best food. Julius’ debut cookbook, The Farm Table, was published on the 28th September 2023, and offers simple, seasonal recipes and tales from his Dorset small-holding 

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