Not since the performative appreciation of NHS staff (banging pots and pans instead of paying them properly) during COVID-19 has an item from the kitchen been liberated with such enthusiasm.
International Colander Liberation Day
The eclipse saw colanders liberated from kitchen drawers across the country.
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A week, in pictures
Freezing in an emergency isn't fear — it's a failure to retrieve a behavioural template. A go-bag simulation with Year 10–12 students proved the point: only one packed a toothbrush, and almost nobody thought to bring a bag. Try my virtual version built on the train home.
Benton End, Suffolk
Benton End, once home to Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines and the Colchester–Ipswich art school they ran from it, has reopened its Walled Garden — renewed in collaboration with Sarah Price.
Fourteen
Our dog turns fourteen. A day trip to the North Norfolk coast was the only appropriate way to celebrate on an unexpectedly warm and sunny day.