Current mood: listening to new Green Day album on repeat

Unpopular* opinion: I really really like Stanford in C. Sang evensong with Jesus College Choir this eve and honestly it has cheered me up SO much. Some lovely alto bits and a classic Tenor Moment. Yay. * with singers. The rest of you won’t have a clue what I’m talking about

We had to take down the Christmas tree because Candlemas so OF COURSE we are watching Hannah Waddingham in the Coliseum on Apple TV please give this woman all the lovely things immediately

Me, July 2022: ugh please no do we really have to get a cat I am so scared of them ugh My camera roll, 20 months later:

Start your day the right way with Byrd 3-part mass, Clemens non Papa’s Ego Flos Campi & Clare Wilkinson 💙 Robert Hollingworth Nicholas Mulroy all saying insightful things about polyphony (and how lovely it is to sing with others). shows.acast.com/choral-chihuah…

Well this sounds utterly & completely splendid Harriet Evans not really on here now sorry, where do I sign up? (Such fond memories of that episode of Backlisted Podcast in which you described attending a party as Harriet Vane.) HURRAH

It is definitely one of those days when I wish I was paid solely to read books/could retire with immediate effect for the same purpose.

Current state of health: watching Caroline Calloway BBC3 doco wearing 2 jumpers and a heated blanket 🤒👍🏼🛋️

Every now and again I get to do something that the pre-working-in-books me would have KILLED for (reference absolutely intended) and this is one of them. Early news of Kate Atkinson’s new Jackson Brodie? YES PLEASE. Thank you to the moon & back Alison Barrow 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Me: there literally isn’t enough cupboard space for all the mugs we own already, someone needs to start breaking them strategically Also me: but look at Jon McNaught’s CUTE LITTLE London Review of Books BISCUITS ok maybe just one more it can live permanently on the table right?

Current mood: - reading article entitled ‘10 Ways To Destroy Your Narcissistic Ex-Boyfriend’ (for clarity: not my boyfriend) - searching Facebook Marketplace for pulpits (go on, try it) - Terry’s chocolate orange minis with popping candy.

Spotted in BookBrunch @lizzycampbell #amazingperson #talentedbrilliantdedicated

All hail Queen Terry. (Goddess, really.)

Is there anything more fitting than sitting reading a book about the deep scars that adolescence can cause, while waiting for people to turn up for the ‘alumni drinks’ of the school responsible for your own adolescent scarring? I think not.

Put a text shortcut on my phone so that ‘ctf’ expands to ‘Cat fed, watered, tray cleaned’ – a phrase I use daily to warn the clan the cat is LYING if he claims to be hungry – and I think I’ll go back to bed now because frankly nothing today’s going to top that for achievement.

Helping out at Cambridge Literary Festival today & starting off by slipping into the back of David Nicholls’ event with atie - packed! Nearly everything sold out today but the odd ticket around if you’re quick… plus livestreams for some. cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whats-on/

woe! woe! been waiting anxiously for the Vanderlyle Restaurant email announcing the superlative cashew parfait jars & OF COURSE it arrived when I was between station & desk & OF COURSE it had sold out by the time I opened my email. woe and thrice woe.

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