A quick blast through 2015
2015 has been an amazing year… We became the proud owners of Typhon, our German Shepherd puppy. We met up with Grandma and Grandad a lot this year, what with Tony (Dad) becoming increasingly ill throughout the year. We’ve enjoyed rediscovering how much fun Yorkshire is. And as dad has become more and more frail…
The Rolling Mull
This rather unpromising-looking tub contains one of the best Christmas traditions we’ve started in recent years – the rolling mull. Now your average mulled wine would be made by putting red wine in a pan along with orange juice, sliced fruit, sugar, an assortment of spices and a splash of brandy, then heating until it’s…
The End
Some time back in the 1980s, before Games Workshop started suffering from delusions of grandeur, their monthly magazine published an excerpt from The Colour of Magic. It was fantasy like nothing I’d ever encountered before. It was funny while still being fantasy! It had characters with punderful names, almost drawn straight from the Asterix comics, creatures that would not…