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The summer entertaining guide  | | | | | | Hose off the garden furniture, send out that Whatsapp invite.
After all, summer doesn’t hang around for long. | | |
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| | Alfresco dining done right is like a slice of the Med in your back garden. Opt for serene blues and zingy colour pops, and don’t shy away from mismatched crockery. We like to top each napkin with a different wildflower or herb sprig. Mix dusky pastel table linen with antique-market cutlery that’ll catch the evening light, and rattan textured placemats. | | |
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comfortably? | | |
| | The best alfresco evenings don’t end until the stars come out. Stave away the evening breeze with a cosy blanket or three. And pile your firepit with kiln dried logs before your guests arrive so it’s ready whenever you need it. | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bundle fairy lights into jam jars and vary heights with candlesticks and glass candles, drawing the eye to a jug of hand-picked flowers as the centrepiece. | | |
| | | | And the menu? You can’t go wrong with panzanella (bread made classy? It’s a winner). Or try grazing boards by topping large platters with figs, cheeses, charcuterie and homemade chutney. And toast s’mores after with brandy-spiked, molten chocolate pots. This is what summer’s made for, right? | | |
| | | | | | |  | We’ve got thousands of chocolate corgis we’re giving away during
the bank holiday weekend. Pop on down to your local shop. And we know, real corgis would have been even cuter. | | | | | | |
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