Food & Drink

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance

Plato reviews the Juddmonte, and the tips for Day 3 of The York Ebor meeting

Aug 22 •

Diary of a (partially) broken man

Sunday 17th August: Perfectly splendid day, with exceedingly generous drinks and outstanding nibbles, (best so far this year by a distance), to…

Aug 19 •

Our leaders' concepts of justice are multi-teared. We should all be crying at the degradation of our legal system.

OK just for the moment try to forget the name Donald Trump.

Aug 13 •

The Secret Censor: How the UK's Online Safety Act is stifling free speech

Trigger warning: This article uses the appalling term, Age-Gated and contains a recipe!

Aug 3 •

One day, some day, it will all be fine...

...but meanwhile we'll just bank the occasional profit.

Jul 22 •

Rachel - tick. New Party - Tick. Eclipse???

On BBQs, Grouse, Packham, Murphy, Corbyn, and a Sultana

Jul 4 •

Bonjour tristesse

It's good to be back - but I'll miss the tomatoes

Jun 15 •

Yesterday morning, I promised to put up Frances of Longcot’s Ice Cream recipe on this site, for of a subscriber who needed an Ice Cream fillip.

May 19 •

Trying to be good on Good Friday

Maybe it was a trailer for Dune and their bloody worms.

Apr 17 •

The Punters Progress remains in Doubters Castle with the Giant Despair

We need to Master this Slough of Despond

Apr 8 •

Iconic is a cliché - but not this time

I got back-to-back emails in my inbox this week, on the same subject.

Mar 26 •

Well, as you've asked me nicely...

I wasn't going to write, but then everyone went home straight after the last, so I thought I might just give you the TV races for Saturday.

Mar 15 •

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