Tomatoes prepped for their Delia sauce journey- and afterwards.
Jamie Muir
@jamiembrixton.bsky.social
The world viewed from Brockwell Park in South London.
I’ve returned from Scotland to a glut of tomatoes. Delia’s tom. sauce here I come…
I’m not going to make Wildlife Cameraman of the Year, but i promise you that’s a seal.
The Mallaig and Morar Highland Games (6). Tossing the caber.
The Mallaig and Morar Highland Games (5) “Rita Macbeth, your son Harry is by the gazebo.”
Mallaig and Morar Games (4) The throwing of the enormous hammer.
Disappearing into the field behind Borrodale beach in the north-west of Scotland are the mangled remains of a Churchill tank used for demolition training by S.O.E. agents billeted nearby.
The beach at Borrodale in the north-west of Scotland still has traces of the explosives exercises conducted there by S.O.E. agents in WW2.
What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen? ROGUE MALE Geoffrey Household NOTHING SACRED Angela Carter THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM Sylvia Townsend Warner THE RODITSKY MARCH Joseph Roth THE SINGAPORE GRIP J G Farrell THE WARDEN Trollope THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC MAN Richard Sennett
Dear @southlondongirl.bsky.social @hassinator.bsky.social have you ever made Felicity Cloake’s perfect nicoise? No potatoes, no lettuce, no tuna, but tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, anchovies + pungent dressing, it went down a treat with the fam. and a friend.
@jonsavage.bsky.social I lost you for a while. Glad you are on here. Best as always.
From Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner: ‘It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.’ @uniformbooks.bsky.social @jaketilson.bsky.social @loreleiking.bsky.social
“ My soul drops to a bottomless pit when I see these barbecues.” The words of one of the parkies in Brockwell after the weekend. The silver tray barbecues nuke the ground, then foxes, attracted by the scent of meat juices, dig holes in the burned patches. So effing thoughtless.
@greavesian.bsky.social I LOVED your book. One of my children gave it to me last Christmas and I roared through it in a couple of days.
Yet another reason to love South London: Elaine, who runs the flower shop next to Herne Hill Station, has set up a paddling pool for dogs. Local hero. 🎖️
This is very interesting @irmuir.bsky.social
Dean Frey@dean.bsky.social · last yr.I learn from Ted Gioia's The Jazz Standards that Billy Strayhorn's great song "Chelsea Bridge" may have been inspired by James McNeill Whistler's "Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge", 1872-75. @tedgioia.bsky.social Ben Webster helped make this a standard: youtube.com/watch?v=Y44L...
A massive Hell’s Angels funeral courtege passing through Brixton.
My godson has been appointed the next town crier of Bridport. Couldn’t be more proud. @sallymuir.bsky.social @irmuir.bsky.social @lordbonkers.bsky.social
