What’s your earliest food memory? The breast of my mother. What foods did you like and dislike as a child? There were no foods that I can remember disliking. All my mother’s food was delicious. What did you eat for school dinners? My mother used

AS THE LONG, lazy days of summer stretch ahead of us, how do you envisage filling the days? With idle pursuits like relaxing walks in the park, watching the leaves shimmering in the breeze, maybe a spot of rock-pooling or making footprints

as possible. Cook School is full of easy recipes that children like to cook and it’s this sort of food that my children like making. Whenever we are on school holidays, the children like to choose recipes tthey each want to cook – these include Lola’s sweets

! In terms of his character, he’s based on a complete mash-up of all sorts of things – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecombe, one of my parent’s dogs called Murphy (he has the same ears as Claude) and my Grandad Sid who always seemed to find himself in funny

, an enchanted woodland area and campfire, entertainment and workshops for children, and the promise of a secret Victorian lido for a revitalizing dip.PlayFest, New Eccles Hall School, Quidenham, NorfolkJune 1-3 Shortlisted for Best New Festival 2011, Play