Author Archives: sam

£7800 for a king size mattress; £4650 if you don’t have a consort. Again, that’s just the mattress. We’d need a mortgage to finance the whole bed. Available at John “Never knowingly undersold” Lewis. We’re not in the market. I … Continue reading →

Downton Abbey finished its second season last night with a flurry of martyrdoms, including Lavinia dying of Spanish flu and a broken heart, and Anna insisting on a quick marriage to John Bates all the better to familiarise herself with … Continue reading →

One year from today, I won’t be voting for the incumbent. I thought I was in the professional ranks of cynics before; he taught me that I was only an amateur. Not sure whose box to tick, or if I … Continue reading →

Speaking of covers (next post down):