@RevRichardColes You should try Elizabeth David’s Potage Bonne Femme, no stock at all, just water! Butter leek carrot potato water seasoning. Puréed (stick blender although she used a sieve). She suggests a little cream and finely chopped chervil but us mere mortals manage with parsley.

@oldenoughtosay So near but yet so far

@FrDidymus I loathed school milk. I think this pic could be a DDR (East German) school - little lad on the right is wearing short lederhosen

@LeandadeLisle Yes looks like it. Your mother looks incredible. My mother worked with Lewis Morley on various fashion stories and mags in the early 60s, I must find the clippings

@Lesley_Faith @LBFlyawayhome We still have that red bike! Daughter’s 6th birthday present in 1994!

@sailorsaysahoy @dieworkwear Re shoes

@dieworkwear More’s the pity

@BarbaraRich_law @simonmontefiore Is she even real? The botoxy lips look dodgy

@david99mac I think that sensibly, folk have twigged to the fact that the box is shallow and half empty looks mean and no longer worth buying. The manufacturers should take note. Shrinkflation gone too far

@MunicipalDreams @RevRichardColes Yikes

@RevRichardColes As small babies we were put to sleep in a pram outside on the pavement (Chelsea early Sixties). Importantly before the rolling over crawling stage. Strapped in with a harness nonetheless plus a catnet over the hood. Fresh air sleeping thought v important

@LBFlyawayhome I remember this one so well!

@CandiceMajewski @ericauk Oh do pack it in. God forbid anyone make a mild jest on this unforgiving platform

@paul1964Jam For this McLaren invented the brilliant and minimalist umbrella fold push chair. Get on, fold pushchair, tuck infant under your arm, hustle other children forward….Today’s infants ride in vast mobile thrones and all others must make way

@ericauk Wow what horrible snarky comments! Impossible to say anything even gently ironic these days without the thought police jumping in. Happy Christmas from Walsingham

@ericauk Wonderful! Quentin Blake-esque

Stop closing post offices @PostOffice ! Today at Kennington Post office. Ok it’s Christmas but this post office is never empty it’s very well used and an absolute necessity for local people

@EDP24 Has no one noticed you’ve printed the same story three times in today’s print edition? P 2, p 21, p 24. It’s not that good a story (farm building conversion) !!!!!!