Baking won't get me through a Covid winter but a bossy, breathless Melvyn Bragg just might 🔗
In Our Time, I often think, is like going to an amazing free university at the top of Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree
Posted on October 2, 2020
For my second night of cooking Meera Sodha recipes I’ve gone for vegan chilli cornbread with broccoli. And baked black-eyed beans.
Posted on October 2, 2020
Posted on October 1, 2020
Cooking Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi. And sticky jasmine rice.
Posted on October 1, 2020
Watched: The Social Dilemma, 2020 – ★★½ 🎥
Posted on October 1, 2020
Posted on September 28, 2020
Clive James: 'The poems I remember are the milestones marking the journey of my life' 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ What makes great poetry? An exclusive extract from the late critic’s final book The Fire of Joy celebrates the poems he loved most. 📚
Posted on September 27, 2020
'He returned to what he really was': Clive James's daughter on his poetic farewell 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Ten months before his death last year at the age of 80, Clive James underwent an eight-hour operation to remove a tumour on his face. Already very frail – he had been suffering from leukaemia for a decade – afterwards it took him almost a week to emerge fully into consciousness.
Posted on September 27, 2020
Every time I read Meera Sodha‘s column in The Guardian I find things I **must** cook. My latest quick reminder list:
– Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi
Posted on September 27, 2020
🎵 My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (4), Krček, Capella Istropolitana (3), Golschmann, Columbia SO, Gould (2), Holland Baroque Society, Rachel Podger (2) & Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (1) via tweekly.fm