Salt on Your Tongue: Women and the Sea conservation The Summer Quince Tree Tapestry

The Summer Quince Tree Tapestry has been inspired by an original wall hanging by William Morris (1836-1896) woven at Merton Abbey

Craig Robertson and E S Thompson have also contributed stories

This historic heraldic Scottish shield tankard is a real talking point and can be used as a decorative piece

Morris's designs formed a bridge between Victorian and modern designs

Chocolate and Ginger Delice: A rich dark chocolate centre with fine ground ginger and whisky

Salt on Your Tongue: Women and the Sea conservation The Summer Quince Tree TapestryIn Salt on Your Tongue: Women and the Sea, author Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. In mesmerising prose, she explores how the sea has inspired, fascinated and terrified us, and how she herself fell in love with the deep blue. Navigating ancient Greek myths, poetry, shipwrecks and Scottish folktales, she shows how the wild untameable waves can help us understand what it