Festive fire cooking
The latest edition of Scouting magazine came out this week, including of course my latest cookstrip. The recipe hails once more from Derek Wright’s test kitchen. Benjamin Zephaniah would not…
On the QT
It was my manager’s birthday last week. He tried to keep it quiet, presumably hoping to avoid the routine humiliation of a load of people clustered round his desk singing…
Bond, Holmes and Braime
Look. I have more in common with Sherlock Holmes and James Bond than they do with each other.
Helicopters in the glades
As E and I came into the main clearing, a short man in an oversized grey fleece, scuttling off past the toilet block with a couple of campers, turned and…
Sweet potato on a fire
While uploading the latest recipe to be published in Scouting magazine, I realised I’d forgotten to put up this one from earlier in the summer. As a little reminder, you…
Baked apples
For anyone who has missed the work of Derek Wright (proprietor of The Jerky Shack) in my recent cookstrips, you will be pleased to see that he has returned for…
Indelicate matters
‘Have you ever thought that there are loads of funny ways of saying you’re off for a poo, but not many to say you’re off for a slash?’ My brother…
It’s not what you’re born with
I started a new job last week, and as part of my induction process I have been required to complete various bits of e-learning. They have been the usual sorts…
Nothing like a challenge
Apologies for the radio silence of late. A week away camping was preceded by a week of hectic social engagements, preceded by my most ambitious ever illustration job. A former…
The Cardozo Picture Palace
In a recent post about the film portfolio of Arnold Schwarzenegger, I mentioned that we used to have film nights at our flat on Cardozo Road, which for such occasions…
