The sun is out, the sky is blue, Trump hasn’t nuked anyone for a day or two, but it’s raining – raining in my heart. Or rather head. For reasons best known to itself, and without [...]
Season’s greetings! Something you might contemplate, as you’re grinding salt onto your sprouts and generously peppering your pigs in blankets (or whatever the vegan equivalent may [...]
Why does some rain fall harder than other rain? Anyone who was caught in the rain yesterday evening will, no doubt, have pondered the same question. It was one of those downpours that causes [...]
Anyone got any good fig recipes? I’ve got figs like other people have mice. Don’t get me wrong, I love a fig. This ancient, nutritious fruit, possibly the first foodstuff to be [...]
For some reason, possibly to do with cricket, I keep waking up humming the melody to Football’s Coming Home – specifically the lines ‘Three lions on a shirt’. It’s a [...]
