1. I used to make an amazing sandwich with garlic and herb brie, salad (do not forget the roasted pepper, best beloveds), roasted garlic mashed into the butter and seeded bread. Then Aldi stopped selling that […]

They’re having a moment in the UK (and played in London the other week). I’m glad they add to the gaity of nations but what I’ve heard so far leaves me cold.

I’m no legal expert, but my understanding is that if probate has been granted the will is a public document and any will can be obtained for a small fee. That ‘if’ may be the sticking point. Start here – […]

A number of Turkish barbers only take cash. The place I go to brands itself as Turkish, but the last couple of barbers I have spoken to in there are Kurdistani and the does take cards.

Rely on a landmine as our main phone, know people who are ‘not on the phone’.

Good lord! (again)

God lord! After the jury votes my top 4 is the same as theirs, and the same order.

I saw Freddie’s pants in Frinton.

Bulgaria for the win – we’re in agreement so it must be so.

With a few exceptions, including Cyprus, there is a noticeable lack of staging dependent on female flesh this year. Rather unexpectedly I’m finding that refreshing.

We seem to be in the old-school Eurovision section now, with Cyprus and now Italy.

Do you think those flames are how she lost her eyebrows?

The first one to split domestic opinion here. I liked it, The Light did not.

⬆️ Australia and Denmark ⬇️ Albania and Ukraine (After 10 songs)

Well, Streeting has gone. If I was Starmer I would have run his enormously long resignation letter through AI to filter out key points. Now we know why he’s taken so long.

Angela Rayner was on TRIP very recently, and was excellent at articulating the real challenges that people, especially younger people without significant family behind them, are facing. Perhaps drawing attention […]

There has always been quite a bit of that*, but the last couple of days’ coverage reeks of journalists trying to force the story rather than reporting it. It has had the unintended consequence of making me more s […]

This cuts to the chase (even if the grammar makes me wince). I think you are a good man fundamentally, who cares about the right things however I have seen first-hand how that is not enough. The desire not to […]

Jake Stigers (brother of the more famous Curtis) and the Velvet Roots. They played a tiny club in Chelmsford called The Bassment 20 odd years ago and I’ve had tinnitus ever since.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Downing Street to be born?