It’s the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so welcome to the beginning of Advent, otherwise known as Advent Sunday. And as any self-respecting child of the…
28 November 2020 – BBC
So the radio thing happened. I don’t really remember much about it, and I certainly haven’t listened back to it. But these are the things…
25 November 2020 – St Catherine’s Day
Even though I could have been setting fire to wheels tied up with straw; making Cattern cakes, Cattern pies, or wiggs; drinking a delightfully sounding…
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509–1511, fresco at the Raphael Rooms, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
18 November 2020 – Philosophy
I don’t know how to write about today. Every time I’ve put something down I just sound like a wanker. Which is really unfair, but…
30 October 2020 – Jack-o’-Lanterns
Consider me a total turnip convert. Due to yesterday’s disappointing mangelwurzel reveal, I thought I should quickly carve a replacement, it being Halloween and all.…