I’m intrigued to see what morale is like at this year’s conference. I’m there tomorrow doing a panel and a round table. Last year in Birmingham was a surprisingly jolly affair, as if the weight of go… (View Post)

This discussion gives me an excuse to post my daily picture, from dinner last night at a place called Da Vinci in Earlsdon, a suburb of Coventry. It’s a restaurant deliberately preserved in aspic ove… (View Post)

Press for champagne (View Post)

I thought the approved PB term was otter’s pocket? (View Post)

Classic autumn extra-tropical warm sector this evening. The temperature across the South East has risen to over 17C, warmer than at midday, in near 100% humidity, and will stay there all night as vas… (View Post)