Quite interested in how the BBC are marketing the follow up series of The Night Manager, catering to a specific female/gay male appreciation of Tom Hiddleston in a MMF scenario… Look at Tom and Diego Calva touching each other - this is what our lusty dreams are made of. 😈🥵

The version published was a compromise - but a good one: the reader gets to focus on a man’s arse and underwear instead of objectifying the woman. And the woman is active, not passive, grabbing his clothes off. Note the curl of her toes: *her* sexual pleasure. A good cover.

Going through some old paperwork, I found this (exceedingly crap) 2009 sketch I did to pitch a cover idea to my publishers for my 2nd book. I wanted the focus to be on the man - to have him as the sex object, not the woman, unlike similar memoirs (inc my 1st book). See next pic…

Bit windswept at the Lido 😅

Some Morning Glory to brighten the timeline.

Discovered the tree next door overhangs into our garden… Finders keepers etc. Yum.

Better late than never - my annual #Pesach #Passover baking: cinnamon balls, coconut pyramids, almond macaroons, made using my late grandfather’s recipes. 🙏🏼💜✡️ And here’s why I bake them: www.patreon.com/posts/cinnam...

Bursts of colour, I’m full of joy; it’s a delight to see these - planted the day before my hip surgery in November - finally flower in the garden. Their slow growth, alongside my recovery, a reminder to keep pushing through the dark months: things will always get brighter. 🌸🌼🪻

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