Pandoro, cat toys and Christmas movies.

1. Pandoro. One day I’ll understand why in this country I love so very much big supermarkets sell panettone but not Pandoro. What is wrong with you people? Aaanyway, I found it in Aldi although not branded but beggars and all that. Thanks to Twitter.

2. Alternatives to Patreon. Patreon is going to die a slow and painful death because they’ve appointed themselves arbiters of moral speech. Let me think… who was it the last regime who tried to control what people said? If you want to know who’s really in power, keep an eye for who will get you in trouble if you make fun of them.

3. Cat toys: A piece of string. A finished loo roll. Scrunched up paper. Boxes of any size.

4. Pink grapefruit juice.

5. Christmas movies. I’m making a schedule of movies to watch between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It will be glorious. By the way, Die Hard is a Christmas movie and so is When Harry Met Sally.

Smoked mackerel risotto, Daryl Davis and CCTV

1. I barely got out of my pjs today. Great Sunday. I worked, though. A lot.

2. The best smoked mackerel risotto ever. Lemon makes everything better. It was exceptionally good.

3. Daryl Davis. His courage is monstrous. He sat down with a member of the KKK to talk, to try and figure out why somebody could hate him because of the colour of his skin. After years, the KKK dude renounced his ideology. Mr Davis’ documentary, Accidental Courtesy, is on Netflix. If you don’t have time, check his TEDTALK. It’s un-believable.

4. People who use ‘woke’ ironically. Honestly, until this week I hadn’t realised people use it unironically. I regret this loss of my innocence.

5. CCTV. The fact that there was actually CCTV footage to prove that the 9-year-old accused of groping a woman was in fact innocence. This stuff freaks me out. What would have happened to him if such footage didn’t exist? And that’s why you investigate claims rather than automatically believe all women. Because we’re humans and humans make mistakes.

Pachinko, an empty train and old friends

1. Pachinko. Beautiful cover. Beautiful book. We’re reading it for book group and I can’t stop stroking it.

2. Coleman Hughes on the Rubin Report. Intelligent. Elegant. Articulate.

3. An empty train. I like trains. Something so soothing.

4. When I don’t have to wait for the bus. My carriage awaits.

5. Friends who know each other’s heart. We’ve known each other for so long that we accept each other for who we are, even when we might disagree. We don’t have to constantly qualify our opinions because the other isn’t constantly primed to put the worst possible spin on things. On the contrary: we know each other’s heart and