“ If you share my weakness for local food, make your way to the Shropshire market town of Ludlow, seen by many as a slow food paradise. Despite its size it has four proper butchers, several delis, three Michelin-starred restaurants and a famed annual food festival. It was Britain’s first member of Cittaslow, the international “slow town” movement whose philosophy is to protect the local environment, celebrate local food and produce and resist the homogenisation of Europe’s small towns.
