Rooftop terrace at Celtic Manor Resort.

Rooftop Terrace. Check in 🗺 - Ice skating and mulled wine. Just the latter for me. 🍷

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The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore 🔗 — Excerpt: When it was announced that the legendary bookshop Le Pont Traversé would definitely close down on the 31st of December in Paris, many French TV stations put in phone calls and tried to convince Josée Comte-Béalu to do a filmed interview. She refused every single one of them.

Carmarthen Golf Club. Maurice’s birthday Sunday dinner. Check in 🗺

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Meera Sodha’s Christmas recipe for vegan achari brussels sprout curry — link 🔗

Weekly ♫ My Top 5 artists: elbow (33), XTC (10), Bent Knee (1), Cerys Matthews (1)

Divine inspiration: rescuing run-down churches – a photo essay — link to The Guardian 🔗

Anna Karina: an actor of easy charm and grace whose presence radiated from the screen — link to The Guardian 🔗 🎥

Yr Ieuan Ap Iago (Wetherspoon). Drinking a Hobby Horse by Rhymney Brewery

and a Gorlovka Imperial Stout by Acorn Brewery

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Weekly ♫ My Top 5 artists: Il Giardino Armonico (15), Solti, LSO (4), Andreas Staier (2), Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano (1)

Watchmen, 2009 - ★★★★★

Watched on Saturday December 14, 2019.

Edge of Tomorrow, 2014 - ★★★★

Watched on Friday December 13, 2019.

UK General Election. Polling stations open from 7am to 10pm. 🗳️

You don’t need your polling card or ID to vote. You just need to turn up!

A wet and breezy morning at our polling station.

Fascism: I sometimes fear… — link to a poem by Michael Rosen 🔗

Found myself unusually popular tonight - often it’s more of an exclusive cat arrangement. 🐈