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Exciting late news the other week when I was flicking through an issue of ‘The Grocer’ in WH Smiths, and I saw that Opal Fruits had made a long overdue return to our shores. Unfortunately, it was for a limited engagement of 4 months, exclusive to Asda, and starting in May.
“How did I not know [...]

Our plans for a quiet New Year revolved around getting quietly pissed. Following our cocktail exploits on the QM2, E had bought me some cocktail paraphernalia for Christmas, and in the course of returning a book to Waterstones post-Chrimbo, we managed to purloin a book of recipes. So, ingredients were bought, and plans were made [...]

After many hectic shopping hours, we retreated to Wags where we knew we would be able to bask in the simplicity of a Katsu curry and the faux feelgoodliness of their fruit juice. Sadly, events conspired against us, and five minutes after Elaine had been enjoying her main course, not only had mine not appeared [...]

I had a letter from the House of Commons. This occasionally happens. “Wheee”, I think, “This must be terribly important.” But it never is.
This time around, it was an invite to attend the inaraugal meeting of the local climate change forum. There would be a chance to watch the Al Gore film, to meet the [...]

Having read a review in the Observer a couple of months back, I’d hinted on at least one occasion that Popeseye would be a nice place for us to go for my birthday.
And so, on Saturday, we found ourselves there eating 12 oz fillets cooked to perfection with lovely chunky chips and a huge [...]

It has been drawn to my attention that Easter is nearly upon us, and yes, we all know what that means. Chocolate (and some hoo-hah about the Son of God). Bearing this in mind (the bit about the chocolate, you can ignore the God stuff), I thought it my duty to draw your attention to [...]