In the previous weeks you’ll have been diligently nurturing, talking to and feeding your cake creation with some fine brandy or Armagnac using the timeless cook’s measure of “one for me, one for the cake”. [more…]
It’s a somewhat inclement Sunday morning approaching the end of October, the lawn which just a few short weeks ago was dead and brown is now lush and green but under an inch of water [more…]
In a hyper-competitive media world of streaming, multi-channel TV, high-quality witty blogs and the internet, a unique entertainment selling point is more important than ever. But is it wise for a comedian to boast that [more…]
The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]
You have my dearest lady to either thank or blame for this one. Reminiscing about Xmas at her parents as a child, she has often waxed lyrical about these things called pickled clementines – which [more…]
This is a poem written by Christina Rossetti, set to music first by Gustav Holst in 1906 and then by Harold Darke in 1911. This is by Darke : RIP Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd [more…]
Back in October (before Goldman Sachs Sunk became PM), part 1 of the 2022 Christmas Cake creation was published, see here. Since then our new leader has shown himself to be nothing more than another [more…]
It’s a somewhat inclement Sunday morning approaching the end of October, the lawn which just a few short weeks ago was dead and brown is now lush and green but under an inch of water [more…]
Day 10 – Sunday 2nd January – At Sea I woke for a pee in the early hours, must have been the beer, and for the first time this cruise I could feel the ship [more…]
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