The Heid has an old friend from his youth who is known as ‘Deckchair’ on account of the stripy blazer he once turned up to school in. Apart from laying … Read the rest

I’ve just got back from a two week holiday in Sri Lanka and am already missing its bananas, which are out-and-out, no contest, the best goddamn bananas I have ever … Read the rest

A number of pesky health troubles over the last couple of years have led me recently to look at nutrition and diet as a means of improving my lot. The … Read the rest

I was chugging down the fruit aisle in Sainsbury’s the other night when a most unusual looking specimen caught my eye. Shaped like an avocado or a paw-paw, it had … Read the rest

Purveyor of the finest flat whites I’ve had anywhere, ever, Coffee Plant on Portobello Road is a good 20 minutes walk from my flat, and yet I make a special … Read the rest

Now, I am aware that it isn’t really pie-eating season, but with the weather, frankly, a goddamn disgrace for this time of year (what’s new), I’m thinking sod the bikini … Read the rest

I’ve got a cold. A stinking, snivelling cold (given to me by The Heid, curse him) that is negating the feel-good effects of a week’s holiday and a sunny … Read the rest

The Heid and I went to Devon this weekend, ostensibly to visit his parents but with a secret agenda up our sleeves: to re-stock our Devon Fire chutney supplies.

Since … Read the rest

There can be no better accompaniment to a macchiato, made using my much-loved Nespresso coffee maker (a 30th birthday present from Big Derm*), than a square of Nougat Limar, which, … Read the rest

In his popular blog Stuff White People Like, Christian Lander identifies ‘Hummus’ as something that “all white people like” and asserts that “if you find a white person who … Read the rest