Haha, if only that were true! Some business people love to hog the table, yep, even with laptops running Windows :)

Feels like a reasonable response on your part, to be honest.

They sound like my Nana when she was shocked or horrified by something, “Ooh, err!”

Should I assume this will require either an oversized bar of chocolate or some very good biscuits to read? It’s going to take some form confectionery based resilience to get through, isn’t it?

I am always deliberately vague about what I mean by worship. I’m with Brother Lawrence: all kinds of ordinary activities can be part of our worship of God.

I appreciated that lives of characters were complex and messy, and that the beauty they found was often hard-won, for some they hung on to by their finger tips. So much humanity and compassion, and very funny in places as well as moving. Highly recommend.

Yes, I assume so? I was making a cup of tea this morning and realised I was thinking about what I’d read in a book on the sacraments yesterday afternoon. I have attempted to read this same book 3 times and couldn’t remember anything from it. I do need to read and listen for best effect.

Truly bizarre.

I wonder if this is sometimes done because then the council can’t claim there’s competition for smaller shops, if it’s inside a bigger one?

If a business already exists, they should be mindful of it.

Cobblers largely exist because factory made shoes and boots put most shoemakers out of business after the Second World War - they couldn’t compete. It’s an age old problem.

I love that with Timpsons you get the ethics, great service and an excellent ends result. How often can you say that about a high street shop?