An appreciation of the exquisite art of the Dutch Old Master Hertz van Rental

Well, there’s another week gone of the meteoric Decline & Fall of Western Civilisation. I got a bit o’shopping done. … More

The whole world’s gone utterly insanitary

The Cardinal and I, however, have not. I took my protein pills and put my helmet on yesterday before engaging … More

Hurleston Roving Bridge this morning (at, surprisingly, Hurleston Junction). It hardly roves at all. This morning’s perambulation was a most … More

Many moons ago – a year, ten years, who can say? – one of the (one-of-one possibilities) local businesses damaged … More

Also warm and sunny and frosty and cold and dull and grey and still and foggy. What I may only … More

aside from all of the sleeping hours, and of those there are many, is the early morning. That part of … More

On Monday Tuesday the Canal Rozzers’ spotter “spotted” me (as in logged the Cardinal’s number and location – a questionable … More

Each year in what passes these days for Autumnnumnum Mr Stove and I generally engage in a battle of wills. … More

The weather here this rather august August has been roasting hot, monsoon rains, blasting winds, very occasionally, very briefly quite … More

Today is autumn. It’s (relatively) warm, but dark and with belting winds and lashing rain. It’s delicious. Yesterday was summer. … More

I noticed in the evening that there was something right dodgy about this cloud. Is it an almost but not … More

So in immediate celebration I am cookering a hot meal. A curry to be precise. A “Whatever is in the … More