An easy way to brighten the year’s gloomiest week – or any time you feel the week needs to get off to a better start

Fino in Cromer will challenge all your assumptions about this corner of England.

It’s lovely, honestly. And what else is there to do with the rest of the festive sherry?

This bittersweet nectar is all its own thing… and without the alcohol

Expand your horizons beyond the familiar with a drink for a brand new year

It’s the marmalade, not the outrageous hour which gives this glorious drink its name

The locally grown produce is a complete revelation at this sedate haven in London’s commuter belt

A sugar-frosted glass and ruby red pomegranate bring the tinsel and baubles to cocktail hour

Fun and indulgent, designed to be inhaled swiftly and entirely – with an option rum kick for grown-ups

A luminous yellow aperitif puts the ‘neon’ in negroni.

A classic livener with an ice-cold infusion to soften the edges

The chef who once stirred up controversy has embraced, in cooking and in life, the messiness of being real

For memorably vivid flavours, fly direct to the former Soviet republic

Their fine take on Portuguese seafood classics lends the Soho venue a powerful allure

A zesty cocktail to bridge the gap from rosé to roaring fires

By the time she learnt of her daughter’s illness, motherhood was already a dark space… But there was light ahead