Felix Scarlett

A bowl of anchovy butter, a bowl of celeriac and mushroom soup, a plate with toasted sourdough

Lunch. Mushroom, celeriac, anchovy.

Two Olivetti typefaces from the 1970s. Sirio is a rounded sans serif, Candia is similar but has some letterforms closer to traditional “typewriter” styles.

Looks similar to two Olivetti typefaces, Candia and Sirio. But not exactly. 1970s, I think. So could well be another Olivetti ‘face, as their design credentials made their typewriters popular with architects back then

What with the weather recently, we’ve had quite a few Verpilleux evenings.

I always get the impression that when there’s a plot problem they just invent a Croydotron X5 or whatever to get to the next chapter.

Windows xp landscape

Why do I feel this is too the left of…?

White ceramic beaker with blue text “Milchstube im Hauptbahnhof”

Ceramic cup from the Munich Hauptbahnhof (railway station) milk bar.

I expect the shortlist to be Fiona Bruce or Lauren Laverne.

Nobody in label manufacturing has ever made their own jam

A jack russel terrier comfortably ensconced in a Bertoia bird chair

The Bertoia dog bed

Old school “Pink Gin” is gin with a dash of Angostura, straight up or on ice. Also good addition to a G&T or a dry Tom Collins imho. Nowadays pink gin means fruit flavoured muck.

I know the 2004 Christie’s listing implies 1914, but the women seem more 1920s than that date. Or were Paris fashions that far ahead?

There seems to be a crumble moment on Bluesky right now and I’d just like to point out it’s gooseberry season. Apples and cinnamon belong to autumn.
Thank you.

Bicycle Thieves. Like The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , a brilliant, wonderful film I love, but tough to watch more than once.

A white ceramic jug for science laboratories made by Rosenthal in 1983. On a vitsoe shelf

Another excellent jug. Sadly no longer in production.

Same piece from the rear

Miao embroidery is amazing. Some of the stitching as scarcely believable it’s so fine

Two white ceramic jugs against a green background

A nice white jug is becoming a rare thing.

I'd agree, but I've started Middlemarch. I like the characters, I care what happens, but I just want Eliot to get out of the way.