This is a snapper stew from Martinique: Sophie Grigson who i stealed it from spells it w/o the exclamation mark but — tho daughter of POET she be – – she is clearly WRONG, as proven by Bopkids Lollardry heretofore. Can be served wi[…]

Not a review proper — tho I should do one — but just a note of a curious fact about William Mayne’s EARTHFASTS trilogy: viz Earthfasts (1966); Cradlefasts (1995); and Candlefasts (2000). The stories are about (inadvertent) time-trav[…]

in the course of routine pie debate in Another Place, i came across this TREASURE TROVE: cookery tips from the reign of good king dick![…]

“The taunt of having tails was a common accusation against the English in mediaeval times, and was even occasionally heard in the 17th century, in the epiphet, ‘The Tailed English’.” (footnote in British Folk Tales and Legends[…]

The experiment continued: finding which cheeses are good if you fry them. This time I used my tiny wee small frying pan bcz a. i had to carry it by bus to the HOUSE OF THE BOPKIDS and b. it is teh cuet.
Cheeses tested previously: i. red leicester; ii[…]

Have intended to research and post this since GIBBONS’ TOY STORE burnt down, now several years ago — in the window at the end of this very extremely weird only-in-a-bad-dream wedge-shaped shop, which in many ways resembled a half-open por[…]

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i. in andre n’s general conception of our far future, there is a galactic federation coming to pieces, with a severe class system — the proper mode of address for the pampered aristo class (male) = “gentle homo”
ii. in bedknob[…]

1. who first decided that IN THE VERY FAR FUTURE we would all refer to the earth as TERRA OF SOL?
2. who do you know has won the following literary awards:
a. the PHOENIX?
b. the BALROG??
c. the INVISIBLE LITTLE MAN???
d. a “plaque from the Net[…]

they were on sale in SAFEWAYS — yes yes the first safeways in the UK THAT ONE yes — and for a v long while when small i REFUSED TO PASS DOWN THAT AISLE bcz the covers were so all creepy! HERBERT VAN THAL!
at the time this wasn’t ev[…]