Great film on Netflix: ‘Maestro’ about the career of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. Bradley Cooper did practically everything!

‘Bookish’ is marvellous! I especially like the colour grading of rich tones. And Mark Gatiss’ writing makes me laugh out loud.

Badenoch will be gone by Autumn. And the lesson for Labour is ‘Don’t punch constituents’

Could Trump’s tariff hikes be considered ‘socialist’ since they are meant to benefit US workers?

I suppose everyone is complicated, but not everyone shows their complexity.

Has anyone kept a personal website going, say, by blogging? Do people still blog?

I went to the library to ask if they had the book about Pavlov's dog and Schrödinger's cat.

The librarian said that it rang a bell but she was not sure whether it was there or not.

Scanning the TV schedules. Disappointed that “My obese Nazi cat” is not on.

The Christmas tree is up and lit. This gives me a strange sense of peace. It should be matched with a glass something red, spicy, and rich. And a mince pie.

So there it is: a Boer War helmet plate completes my Christmas shopping.