‘He returned to what he really was’: Clive James’s daughter on his poetic farewell 🔗 — Excerpt: Ten months before his death last year at the age of 80, Clive James underwent an eight-hour operation to remove a tumour on his face. Already very frail – he had been suffering from leukaemia for a decade – afterwards it took him almost a week to emerge fully into consciousness.

Every time I read Meera Sodha’s column in The Guardian I find things I must cook. My latest quick reminder list:

• Slow-cooked marrow borani

• Shaoxing and soy braised tofu with pak choi

• Chilli cornbread with broccoli

• Ugandan rolex

🎵 My Top weekly artists: Glenn Gould (4), Krček, Capella Istropolitana (3), Golschmann, Columbia SO, Gould (2), Holland Baroque Society, Rachel Podger (2) & Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (1) via tweekly.fm

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ lazy, flickrfriday

Aperol Spritzing our way through a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon. 😎

A Pizza Express Neptune Pizza 🔗 — Excerpt: I’m sure Pizza Express won’t mind my singing their praises. I watch my cheese intake, so despite my liking a nice chunk of Cheshire, I very rarely have any. I also like a pizza but again don’t have too many.

David Graeber, anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, dies aged 59 🔗 — Excerpt: David Graeber, anthropologist and anarchist author of bestselling books on bureaucracy and economics including Bullshit Jobs: A Theory and Debt: The First 5,000 Years, has died aged 59.

Why Can’t My Camera Capture the Wildfire Sky? 🔗 — Your Phone Wasn’t Built for the Apocalypse

Published 1 photos on my Flickr account 📷 🏷️ industrial, flickrfriday

Big bread - Turkish bread from a Cardiff bakery. 🥖

Watched: Interstellar, 2014 - ★★★★★ 🎥

🎵 My Top weekly artists: Kevin Morby (35), David Bowie (17), Cornershop (15), Laura Marling (15) & John Martyn (13) via tweekly.fm

Check in 🗺 — Pembroke Castle. 🏰

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Addressing The Claims In JK Rowling’s Justification For Transphobia 🔗 — Excerpt: Recently JK Rowling, author of Harry Potter, tweeted some transphobic statements and dogwhistles on Twitter that I have addressed here. After a few days silence she wrote a lengthy post trying to justify her position on her website.

Check in 🗺 — Pembroke Rugby Football Club. Old Speckled Hen.🍺

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