The Tuesday Muse – Tea Time.

Ahh tea time. 4pm. The kettle’s hot, the teapot’s ready for filling, and there is a full cake stand. Except – when does this ever happen? Never. Unless you have high tea at fancy school, or it’s the holidays, or you’re retired. Or if you finish work at 3:30, like me. Tea? Coffee? Obviously tea, [...]

‘The Road’ – Cormac McCarthy. (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

Well. This book’s quite moving isn’t it. Eye-opening. Enthralling. Amazing? Amazing. I quite liked it yes. YOU NEED TO READ IT. EVERYONE needs to read it. I am rather interested to see the film now – even more so than I was, except most cinemas don’t seem to be showing it much or at all [...]

A Few Questions..

Why is it a cup of tea always makes you feel better? Despite replicating the recipe, how come I can never replicate my mother’s food? Why must AutoGlass adverts use Birmingham accents?  Literally the most irritating region dialect ever? How does Charlie Brooker manage to write down my thoughts exactly and say them before I [...]