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Walkies and Drinkies

Herbert Johnson supplied my Blackthorn at the tax payers’ expense in 1973. It was an essential accoutrement for even the most junior officer in 1 IG (1st Battalion, Irish Guards).

Go to Work on an Egg

This is the best thing since sliced bread; just the job for brightening breakfast in these dark days of uncertainty. It combines elegance and functionality, looking perfectly at home beside the Dualit toaster. What is it? Take a look.       By dropping a steel ball onto the hemisphere covering the egg, the shell… Continue reading Go to Work on an Egg

Ko-Cho-Line

You’re never far from a splash of rain in Wales. To digress, I may have mentioned I am a member of the Worshipful Company of Loriners.

Racing Green

It took an hour yesterday to buy a used car. Last week it took longer than that to buy a toner cartridge for the printer.

Darth Vader Kettle

When’s a kettle not a kettle? When it’s Darth Vader. I just couldn’t bear having a toaster or a kettle in view in the kitchen – they both looked so ugly. So first I found an achingly cool, black and chrome Dualit toaster and now I have a to-die-for Alessi kettle.

Happy New Year

If you own a Smythson’s Panama diary you don’t count the pennies. Their entry-level model is priced at £35 and if you want a little flap at the back and a cedar pencil …

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Witney

Witney is famous as David Cameron’s constituency from 2001 to 2016  but three hundred years earlier Witney was synonymous with blankets.

Tractors, Tracksuits and a Turtle

The big four-wheel drives used to drop the children at school were known as Chelsea Tractors – I never imagined it was a compliment but it gave somebody an idea as there is a real Chelsea Truck Co.

Lunch Menu

On Tuesday I had a simple luncheon comprising egg mayonnaise with a sliver of smoked salmon, cold salmon and devilled kidneys. I have now re-read Abbie and Arthur (much the better of the two Abbie books.)