The Small Business Holiday

We have spent the last two weeks in Cuba celebrating the fortuitous timing of two people, a registry office, some of our very dearest friends and an enormous amount of cheese. Having arranged for all the above to be in the right place at the right time we felt that a...

Rain

What with the country currently officially having a drought it seems odd that the subject of rain should be on my mind at all, but thankfully the farmers can rejoice, because at least here in Leamington Spa, it’s raining. No only that, it is raining with the...

Things, and how they keep happening

It’s been a while since the last post in the style of the good old days, back when I could celebrate having a working gas stove or an MOT. Things used to be so tangible in those days,so full of gosh-darn fixability. There was a problem, and we would tackle it...

Why Street Food is like Rock Music

I would like to propose that music and street food are the same thing. They are a commodity that is bought and consumed, and then hopefully bought again. Of course with music you usually only have to buy a song once to have it with you forever, but I would also like...