At the Watermill we like the juxtaposition of ancient and modern, something you’ll notice throughout our Watermill bedrooms: a lone piece of antique furniture, for example, standing proudly among more…
Do you remember the scene from the James Bond film Dr. No, where 007 goes to meet the villain in his Caribbean lair and does a double-take on a picture…
Some beautiful warm, sunny days around Easter and into April have enabled us to enjoy lunching and dining a fuori with friends on our Riverside Terrace, under the blue Italian…
Pappa al pomodoro. Serve in serried ceramic spoons for a truly Tuscan taste: We have been tempting you in recent weeks with some of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy during…
In this blog in our series about the special food at the Watermill, we present a chocolate cake made without flour, from a recipe that originated in the island of…
It might have made more sense to call it arrosto (r0ast) or even arrostito (roasted), but the Italians call their delicious pot-roasted loin of pork aristà, tracing the name to…
It’s a curious thing, but even after eons of evolution we left-handers still make up about one-tenth of the world’s population. Is it because we are just ‘ornery’? You would…
Bronzino, perhaps the brightest Renaissance portrait painter, had a dull life when it came to panzanella. The trouble was, Columbus hadn’t discovered America yet. Panzanella is a traditional Tuscan salad,…
You’ll find the hospitality the Watermill second to none and we’ll cut ourselves in four to make sure you are well looked after. Not literally, of course, but ci faremo…
As well as inspired tuition, warm hospitality, beautiful accommodation and stunning locations, one of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy on a Watermill creative course is the food. We offer you…
Most languages have colourful expressions, and many of them are much the same: we’re green with envy, while Italians talk of verde dall’invidia; if we want to be clear we…
I don’t know about you, but I’m not planning to sacrifice a goat today nor, fun though it sounds, run semi-naked through the city flaying bystanders with strips from the…