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Autumn and Apples, Barbecue and Baking

October. Apples. Cinnamon. Bonfires. Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Barbecues. Wait, wait? ABBQ (the extra A is for Autumnal…) Yes, I have gone a little mad. And yes, I have embraced the “all year” kamado cooking philosophy. I bought a pork shoulder and some beef brisket to smoke in my ongoing exploration of all things kamado. I…
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Le Weekend

A quick weekend update. Game update to follow. Cheers We have had two dodgy batches of easy peeler oranges from Tesco in recent days. They look and feel perfectly fine until peeled, then they rear their sorry-looking, dehydrated segments. Compost, then? Nope. When life gives you crappy oranges, juice them. Today they have gone into…
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Grass, Gardens, and Great Heights

The rain continues, but it has failed to (completely) dampen our spirits The deluge continues. The rain has been non-stop since the end of August. Well, that’s not entirely true. It has been start-stop. Showers followed by sunny intervals, but often of unpredictable lengths. It has made outdoor activities next to impossible to plan. There’s…
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The Curse of Heathers

Heather, Heather, Heather….and some curse This is a bit left field, but one of our latest obsessions is the 1988 black comedy high school crime flick and the subsequent 2010s musical iteration. The musical is by far the superior version with some incredibly catchy songs, but the film throws up an interesting series of occurences.…
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Déja vu – The Room Where it Happened (Twice)
You’ve kept me in the room where it happened…for the last time Death Stranding (again) I finally finished Death Stranding and it did not disappoint. There were a few false credit sequences and post-credits experiences that were incredibly Kojima-esque. There were a few incredible story reveals at the very last moment. Rest assured, Death Stranding…
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Death Stranding (the First One)

Just in time for the sequel. I’m nothing if not timely. I don’t get Death Stranding. Or so I would’ve told you after I first played this masterpiece a few years back. I didn’t get the appeal of trekking across bleak expanses of post-apocalytic wasteland. I didn’t get the incessant inventory management. I didn’t get…
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The Arts (Cinema, Theatre, Gardening, Cars…)

Hamilton Fever No, it’s not typhoid. It’s time for another dose, or rather a double dose, of the Alexander Hamilton story. Given it’s massive profile, it’s hard to imagine not having heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s global musical phenomenon. Its profile was given a substantial boost by the release of the Broadway recording on Disney+ in…


