Monthly Archives: March 2011

Orientalising-up

The other day I set my mind to thinking about a new lamp. My old standard lamp – a nanna-style turned wooden number painted green – had been dislodged in the reorganisation of my study, pending the arrival of the … Continue reading

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A Dream Kitchen

I was looking through an Elizabeth David cooking book the other day. My brother gave these Penguin paperbacks to me in the early ‘70s. They were to improve me as a cook, but also I suspect as a person. What … Continue reading

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