I have decided to re-start this blog in a different way: occasional posts on food-related themes. The previous iteration was too earnest and dull and, frankly, a bit pointless. It wasn’t my voice or my humour; at least, I hope it wasn’t! I will try again by writing when I think there is something to say – the only limit being that it will always be food or drink focused. Maybe that will be a window to other issues from time-to-time: I don’t want to hide from a wider world that is by turns troubled and beautiful, funny and tragic. But my idea now is for occasional posts on food and related things that I find interesting.

Whether anyone else will find my musings interesting is highly unlikely. Actually, that’s not the point. The point is to get into the routine of writing about what I enjoy, something different to what emanates from my keyboard for much of the rest of the time, and in a way that isn’t just for me – even if, in reality it is. Let’s see how we go….