An editorial newsletter.

Fortnightly. Free. Producer stories, variety guides, season openings, and one recipe or pairing per issue. Written by Sam.

Bed Notes is the writing side of OYSTR. Where the app tells you where to eat oysters and who grew them, Bed Notes goes deeper: who has been farming the Colne since Roman occupation, why the Loch Ryan divers work by hand, what happens on the day the natives open in September, and where the best Muscadet in London is right now.

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Recent pieces

• Coming late July 2026

  The last wild native bed in Britain

  A visit to Loch Ryan, where oysters have been fished continuously since 1701 and every one is still hand-dived.

• Coming August 2026

  Two thousand years on the Colne

  Why Essex has been the heart of British oyster production since the Romans, and what is left of that history today.

• Coming September 2026

  The Duchy oyster and the last commercial Fal

  Cornwall's remaining oyster lease, its Class A water certification, and why the Fal produces a cleaner Pacific than any other British site.