My housemate and I have been watching rather a lot of Man v. Food, and it’s started to turn into a somewhat chilly autumn over the last week. I believe these two factors in combination have caused the carnivorous cravings I’ve been having recently. Meat cooked until it’s so tender it’s falling apart, coated in […]
As an 80s kid, I’m always excited by fashion nostalgia that nods to the decade that brought us The Goonies, John Hughes films and power ballads. To give you an idea of what I looked like when NKOTB were famous, here’s a photo of me as a bridesmaid at a cousin’s wedding… Yellow, by the […]
I caught the third installment of Parade’s End last night. I’ve been enjoying the series immensely -although normally at a more appropriate viewing time thanks to the magic of my DVR (BBC schedulers – Friday evening? How perverse). This episode definitely felt like we were getting right into the heart of the story, with the […]
One reason I’m learning to love WordPress is its simplicity and user-friendliness. The pared-down backend is deceptive: rather than offering too few options (my much-mistaken first impression), it just gives you the basics at the outset BUT (crucially) with the means to extend functionality simply and quickly, to your heart’s content (within the confines of […]
There’s something about a blank page, and I think this extends to a blank blog, that invites something like stage fright. A sort of expectation, and a pressure to come up with the goods. Perhaps it’s the same phenomenon that leads to devastating originality at soundchecks. Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3…. But writer’s block, or […]