Books of the year 2020

At my work book club this week, we are to bring along our favourite book of the year. Not an … More

What’s been happening – August 2020

I used to do a summary of what I had been reading, watching and listening to at the end of … More

The other week, a friend asked me to list my ten favourite books. The first five came to me easily, … More

The other day, I was talking to a colleague about, would you believe, lecturers who had inspired us when we … More

Regular readers may recall a post from a couple of weeks back, Stories of Pretend Meals, in which I mentioned … More

The book sits there, tantalising me to open it and sample its offerings. Promises of elegant and exquisite tastes, of … More

It’s been a while since I have done a round up of favourite bits of media, what with one thing … More

It’s been a couple of months since I did one of these posts, and having just read Don’t Give A … More

Phew! Here we almost at the end of November already, and almost at the end of 2017. I am writing … More

Among the headlines in the British press when I woke on Wednesday morning, was the story that BBC Food, a … More