Gosh. Skimming the media comes up with news about the pandemic – both good and bad – and the occasional story to lift our spirits. It’s so strange, isn’t it? Content note: Discussion of mental health From what I can tell, people are having an unpredictable mix of okay and bad days. Others are lucky […]
Well hello! I know it must seem like I have been awfully quiet, but behind the scenes I have accidentally been writing a book. I am 2 weeks into it and somehow magically 25,000 words have popped up … and it shows no signs of slowing down. I am pushing on with it and hoping […]
Welcome to today’s episode of Don’t & Delight! I hope you are managing okay during these strange days. Don’t – Take Your Yeast Privilege For Granted I love baking. I always have. The older I get, the more skills I develop … those muscles memory foodie flourishes become second nature and there’s a calming pleasure […]
Hello! I did not check in yesterday because I had to finish off my work for uni. But I am here today with something less long-winded than last week’s posts … and also something more chatty. So let’s do that!! Maybe you want to do this too? You could write down your 25 things in […]
Yes, my friends. Yes it really can. Let’s talk about why and give you some places to start (or to continue on, if you are already a crafty sort.) What can craft do for us (apart from eventually working up a lovely tea cosy or similar?!) Susan Luckman is a Professor of Cultural Studies at the […]
If you are a Killing Eve fan you are probably already pretty besotted with Villanelle, the Jodie Comer character. But perhaps you, like 2019 me, did not realise that a villanelle is also a TYPE OF POEM? Feeling utterly SHOCKED that you didn’t know this? * titter * Me neither until I started studying writing […]
Hello! This afternoon I though I’d share a dinner recipe which takes a bunch of simple ingredients and transforms them into something nourishing. This is my favourite soup at the moment. It’s hearty but simple with the potatoes and beans adding a bit of starchy oomph and rounding out the tomatoes pretty brilliantly. Best shut […]