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BY AYA CHARUPHAN Portions: 8 Level: Easy Price Per Portion: approx. £0.43 Swedish Words: Fika: to meet up with friends/family and chat over coffeeFarfar: Grandad on dad's side Growing up in Sweden I have been lucky to enjoy the finest cakes and pastries with our mandatoryfikas. I have been dreaming about this banana bread since I ate it years ago. When I go to my grandparent’s ski cabin in northern Sweden I always hope that we will visit my farfar's brother on the way home. They are so lovely. But as the food lover I am I can tell you that my farfar’s sister-in-law does the best banana bread in the world! I have never met anyone that has not enjoyed this banana bread. In recent months it has become a trend for home bakers, with its cheap ingredients and th...

BY ARCHIE MURPHY Isolation is a difficult time for everyone, and I have found the vast amount of initiatives the public have come up with in order to stay sane, and not end up murdering our siblings, admirable. I have found my personal experience of the COVID-19 crisis to be quite the opposite. I have been abandoned by my loved-up father, who has renounced himself of the responsibility of looking after me, to have a much more enjoyable time with his partner (the word enjoyable being hypothetical). Living by myself is somewhat different from the living conditions we are all used to in Plymouth; waking at 1 P.M. to your slobbery, hungover, lifeless Uni mates each one of you regretting the ignorant decision to have one more in Switch knowing full-well you had a 9 A.M. the next day. Well, ...

Banana Bread: Lockdown Classic, Swedish Twist

Realising the importance of family during isolation – Satire