My edible week: what do pies, painters and Jane Austen have in common?

Plus an incredible savoury pie filled with very good things - including something surprising - that's perfect for a picnic.

Late June in England makes me swoon, it really does. On a blue-sky day, the countryside is set at full volume, grasses and foliage rampaging, roses, foxgloves and other blooms blasting colour wherever they can elbow in.