Mrs Moles has an aversion to touching some new wood (eg kitchen utensils), so the idea of putting it in her mouth is not her idea of fun.

Infra dig in our household is mixing together your curry and rice together. Rice then curry on the fork, but kept separate but touching (or a layer of rice followed by curry on top) on the plate. Eldest turns […]

Hah! My dad didn’t cook anything more than an egg until his seventies, but TBF when my mum became frail and forgetful he did pick up the mealtime duties and learned the rudiments.

We try and eat together whenever one or both of the kids (twenties) are home. Eldest joins in on that day’s Spelling Bee to try and get to genius, which is a good collective thing to do while eating. ‘What […]

and – personal view – the DDR museum is a tourist trap and just a room stuffed with objects. The Stasis museum however is sobering, atmospheric and well worth a visit.

@TrypF just search the site for ‘Berlin’ and there are three or four threads on things to do, including one from me. Only one that might slide by, and obvs @slotbadger has the local inside track, is the Soviet War […]

I should rewatch. Generally agreed that series five is a letdown and that the serial killer plotline is a mess. The trials and tribulations of reporters just aren’t as visceral as the police (1), dockworkers (2), […]

Any new sitcom =- eg the BBC1’s this year – has to do some plot set-up stuff in episode one that means the actual situations and gags don’t fully flow until this has been done. So in Can You Keen a Secret? they […]

It does seem that Michael and partner are deliberately written to be as annoying as possible – yes we get the point that there are man-children. And woo-woo would-be influencers. But the 5 mins each episode with […]

As well as the above this is a tremendous remix from the golden age of Weatherall, Oakie etc and must have been played on the Annie Nightingale Sunday request show every week. The comedown in one georgeous…[Read more]

Ironically as she’s playing a robot, it’s Diane Morgan’s warmest and most compassionate show yet. She’s quite clever, isn’t she?

It’s definitely BBC 1 not BBC 2 so it’s both gentler and broader than something like Mandy or Philomena Cunk. But full marks for taking on the time-slot and channel and keeping the Morgan vibe intact.

It’s also been a massive ratings hit at a time when the BBC could sorely do with some in-house wins. What with this and Small Prophets, series 2 of Amandaland (enough SoHa though now probably) and the Dawn F […]

iPad (w apple pen) by far the best I’ve used is what was called nebo and is now my script notes. I take board minutes and the conversation to text afterwards is pretty good – caveat all of them will struggle w […]

Sad news. Yes, very fond memories when the kids were quite young of us all raving to him at 4 in the afternoon in the dance tent at Camp Bestival. In addition to all of the above can I recommend (may not be […]

I am a 7 and they fit me.

A canvas shoe is an absolute must in the summer. For decades Converse was my go-to, as worn by my 80s musicians. But the last pair – perhaps more about my changing feet – made them feel sore after 10,000 steps of […]

Mrs Moles is a big fan of Seasalt, has more of their stuff than probably any other brand. A friend of ours who was a Deputy Primary School Head once said, when talking about the annual Christmas present round […]

Am a three pocket man I now know.