Pasta with pancetta and peas.

Anyone got any recommendations for summer-weight, ideally natural fibre, cargo/combat/tactical ladies trousers? Pockets. All about the pockets. (Not Craghoppers. Their women’s fit is indistinguishable from men’s. Like, a 1 or 2” hip-waist difference.)

Ladies (or, I suppose, gents) who’ve had both below-worktop and eye-level ovens, which do you prefer?

Birds are, I think, done, but should I add swirls to show it’s windy? And moss and lichen on the wall. May add more, not sure yet.

The low UK birth rate means the primary school population peaked at 4.6 million pupils five years ago with the secondary population peaking at 3.2 million pupils this year. That seems like a big gap. Where are all the primary kids going?

Looks like my hands are starting with the arthritis too, now. Thanks Mum.

Finding myself without a hand sewing project after finishing my quilt, I decided to make a matching cushion. I now find myself without a hand sewing project….

Bah. Stop bloody itching!

Bloody hell. There are an estimated fifty guns per person in Haiti.