As part of The Blenheim Palace Literary Festival, the beautiful dining room of The Feathers hotel was the setting for a dinner in honour of Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk. The menu, devised and overseen by the legendary cookery writer Claudia Roden, brought together dishes from Turkey, North Africa and the Mediterranean.

Great British Life: Catherine Vassallo and Laura WalfordCatherine Vassallo and Laura Walford (Image: Archant)

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Great British Life: Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, and Orhan PamukJill, Duchess of Hamilton, and Orhan Pamuk (Image: Archant)

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