Amongst the guardians of Semitic languages, pigs get burdened with a bad press. In some faiths, they are regarded as ‘unclean’ animals, mainly because, whilst rummaging in the wild, they will eat virtually anything – carrion, garbage, even animal excrement. Not...
Blackadder: “Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?” Baldrick: “Yes, it’s like goldy and bronzy only it’s made out of iron”. In my determined quest to reduce our household consumption of meat, treating it as an occasional pleasure rather than a daily...
A lady friend – refined, middleclass stock, Dubarry wellies in season and a penchant for Mercedes estates – frequently ‘throws’ dinner parties. She never deigns to provide simple suppers. We bump into each other on occasion at a nearby Country Market. Part...
Genesis 1:26. Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Not wishing...
🎵Oh for the life of a sardine That is the life for me Cavorting and spawning every morning Under the deep blue sea. To have no fear for storm or gale Oh to chase the tail of a whale Oh for the life of a sardine, That is the life for me. 🎵 From the song...
