john sturgis
@sturgios
Journalist, editor, copywriter, ghost. Centrist dad takes on media, books, food, wine, nature, London, West Ham
Sian got one of those texts from an unrecognised number purportedly from our oldest son who had lost his phone. But because he is overseas in the wilds she was concerned it could just be true. So she asked him to name his cat. Fair play to the scammer for having a punt:
Whilst scrolling through my gallery looking for a gif, I found this. Every flat roofed murder pub in the country has a list like this.
I know we aren’t meant to kink shame, as it’s now called…but having both your legs amputated for a sexual thrill is not just odd but also somewhat impractical
I have always regretted making that béchamel sauce I roux the day
Yes she’s a monster whose despicable crimes can never been forgiven- but I do like what Ghislaine Maxwell has done with her hair
Buddleia is so tough - it can germinate and grow in the most impossible places: a flowering shrub in a crack in the paving
Two of my favourite characters in English fiction turn out to be the same person
Never been to one of these before. Even swerved my own. Highlight so far was the staff member who tripped on the stairs
This is the joyous sight that greeted us at the first stage of a family day trip to Leeds. I’m now £40 lighter and another couple of weeks closer to the grave
I used to find this picture - and the whole concept - of a flooded valley quite haunting. Actually, I still do Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Our Land in the Making, 1966)
A swim on the Lea in Hertford - which was looking particularly good today
