Is M&S Afternoon Tea the most authentic, Downton Abbey-style experience? Not quite. But who cares? It’s cheap (for a full afternoon tea), it’s consistent, and it tastes like your childhood, if your childhood involved very good jam and small, perfect cakes. You’ll leave with a full belly, a sugar glaze on your chin, and a sudden, deep desire to buy a new pair of slippers from the shop floor.
Just remember: stock up on antacids. And maybe a bigger pair of trousers. You’ve been warned. Now go. The scones are calling.
