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I picked up a pair of scissors – perfectly normal orange-handled scissors – and they baffled me. I turned them this way and that, but I could not work out how to use them or where to put my fingers. That was 18 months ago.

A large pot of homemade marmalade, ready for spreading on toast, or putting in a cake ... Photograph: Tim Gainey/Alamy We may never know how many surplus jars of marmalade were created during the lockdown year, just for something to do. There is, however, still time for one final push: marmalade – as detailed in this masterclass recipe from Felicity Cloake – is traditionally made with sour Seville oranges, which have a notoriously short s...

Three ways with the delicious citrus preserve: reduced-sugar marmalade, orange drizzle cake, and chocolate and marmalade tart