An Uncertain Freedom

It was an uninspiring paper on The Crusades that saw the eclipse of my student status. I stepped out of the exam hall, onto Tottenham Court Road – the sun shining, everybody a little sticky and tired – and it was all over. We were suddenly free from revision and dissertation and weeks of being unnaturallyContinue reading “An Uncertain Freedom”

Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic

Do you know what instantly brightens a grey day,  a work day, a Wednesday, a Tuesday or practically any day? Food. Food that comes hot from the oven; so mouth-wateringly full of flavour that it sedates all of the world’s troubles, leaving the diner left in a comatose state of food induced euphoria. A fewContinue reading “Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic”