I don’t exactly have a hangover, but I did have maybe some cider, and maybe also some wine, and maybe a curry and a late night. I didn’t really fancy the three hour antenatal class in a windowless room this … Continue reading
Remember when you were a kid and you didn’t feel 100% but you weren’t quite sure if that meant you were genuinely sick and could get a day off, or if you would have to play it up a bit? … Continue reading
As everyone knows, insects will be our main source of protein in 50 years. Snappy’s already started. Pint of beetles, anyone?
4.30am The birds start to sing. I reach for my eyemask and wish I had earplugs too. At some point, Pete shoos the cat off the windowsill where she is taunting a cackling magpie. 6.00am I notice that our bedroom … Continue reading
This weekend we’re going to a food festival, so today it’s food festival cocktails. What stall would you run at the Uborka! Festival of Food? I’m going to have a bread stall, and drink Pimms until I’m too drunk to … Continue reading
It’s the start of half term and we’re heading Up North, where it is grim. What should we take with us to protect us from deep snows and wildlings? And what will you soft southern jessies be drinking while you … Continue reading
We are having a smart early-summer barbecue, or Garden Party if you will. It’s May so the weather isn’t guaranteed, which is a euphemism for “it looks nice now but it’s going to piss it down later.” What are you … Continue reading