Goings-on in Liverpool and Transylvania; publishing, HGVs, nonsense, wolves, bears and chickens. We could tell lots of stuff was happening, and it was kindly kept to 45 mins to save us all freezing solid in the dry, still but gelid January night air. Liverpool is good at producing large, good-tempered, happy crowds when the occasion demands, and it was great to be a part of it. Mourners shivering in a chapel are .

A new approach to beautiful table linen, from the master of folding, Luigi Spotorno. All best from Luigi, Fiona and Arabella. Luigi has designed the book so that when you are doing each fold you can follow the diagrams without the need for long wordy instructions. You will quickly get used to the symbols, and the book has fold-out flaps to give you an instant reference as you are learning the fold.

damn! The printable comments on the life of a bookmaker. In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway bet ten dollars that he could write a complete story in just six words.