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This Christmas has been the most sociable in years. It’s also been something of a baptism of fire. I moved into the house just two weeks ago, yet we’ve already had three people staying for a week and, with Rich’s help, cooked full sit-down meals for them all three times a day every day.
First to […]

Home-grown sprouts
Sprouts are the king of all veg, and if they’re associated with any time of year it’s Christmas. So we headed out into the garden to harvest the first of our crop this week, and served them up for lunch yesterday. They tasted fantastic.
Really full of flavour, and cooked to perfection after telly advice […]

Oscar in his new favourite sleeping position
I think we’ve arrived - me and the cat. He’s taken up residence on the back of the settee, where he can either sleep or keep an eye on the comings and goings.
And I’m getting misaddressed mail sent my way by the neighbours. Dad managed to post my Christmas […]

This is something of a flying blog visit. I can’t believe that it’s now three days since I moved house, but it is. Since then it’s been nothing but unpacking boxes, emptying bags and filling the kitchen cupboards.
As had been planned for some time, Oscar moved in at the same time. He seems a bit […]

Much criticism has been slung at the BBC for the size of its online presence. It’s already had to remove or freeze a lot of its best local content to give other local providers a chance to compete, yet its rivals, like ITV Local simply aren’t up to the task.
The trouble is that when the […]

Well isn’t that nice. I’ve barely dealt with Virgin Media this year, yet they still sent me a biscuit so impressive that it was blogworthy. It came in a sturdy cardboard box that, when you slipped off the lid, let out an rich intoxicating aroma of expensive chocolate biscuitery.
Unfortunately the actual eating experience didn’t live […]

So the TV arrived this week, and a couple of days ago, with my freshly-minted license to hand, I unboxed it.
It’s huge. Far bigger than I’d expected, or really wanted. Get too close and you could be sucked into the weather map.
The most annoying thing, though, is that it doesn’t have an off switch. Well, […]

Monday night, the PC Pro Awards at the Science Museum, and a good and boozy time was had by all.
It was so hot. I think they’d turned on all the science or something. But the food was good, the drink was plentiful, and I managed to get up on stage and accept an award on […]