Well, there’s no denying that 2020 has been quite a year… It’s a year where we learnt the hard way that drunkenly repeating on new year’s eve how crap the last year was, and how glad we are to see the new one, can come back and bite us. A year where Covid-19 forced us to discover just how much we actually liked the people we live with (and in some cases that meant ourselves). A year where we realised that, although it was hard to lock down or self-isolate, the mere fact of having a warm, safe place in which we could isolate ourselves from other people was a huge luxury that many around the world do not enjoy. A year that saw incredible acts of service, kindness and sacrifice – as well as acts of egregious and mind-boggling selfishness and entitlement. And that’s before I even get started on the kettle of crazy that was the US presidential election or the slow-motion car wreck that is Brexit… Click here for a full portion
Myristica Grenadian supperclub
Pop quiz, friends… Who can tell me: a) what the red item on the right of the menu in the photo above is; and b) what the connection is between it and the excellent Grenada-themed Myristica supperclub that I attended earlier this year, quite literally in the week before all public eating spaces in London […]
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In July 1993, the New York Times published a cartoon by Peter Steiner of a dog sitting on a chair in front of a computer with his paw on the keyboard, saying to his doggy friend on the floor beside him: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” Although the cartoon did not receive […]
Click here for a full portionSticky spiced plum upside-down cake and 16 years of blogging
At my 30th birthday party – a fabulous 1980s-themed affair to which I wore my 80s goth uniform of a black leather mini, a Sisters of Mercy T-shirt and black lipstick (!) – I made a speech thanking my parents for all they had done for me . One of the quips I remember making […]
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About a million years ago (in a historical period also known as “February 2020”), back in a time when you would laughingly scoot up close to friends in a restaurant booth to squeeze in one extra person; when you happily shared round a single cocktail so your friends could all taste it from the same […]
Click here for a full portionPlum and peach flapjack crumble [GF]
If I were to ask you: “Have you ever had a drupe?”, would you: a) tell me you’d never been so offended in your life and storm off in a huff; b) tell me that there are little blue pills you can take for that these days; c) say yes, it was the best thing […]
Click here for a full portionThe White Horse Inn, Sutton
When my parents were (and even when I was) growing up, regular flying was seen as the preserve of the rich and famous. Most people did not get on a plane until they were well into their teens or even twenties – even more so if that plane was heading “overseas”, to somewhere beyond South […]
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