1. Julian Barnes mentioning that Kinglsey Amis ('with pop-eyed truculence') once said of him: 'I wish he'd shut up about Flaubert. (Preface, Something to Declare)2. A fairy cake with thick icing the colour of early sunset clouds and a pink and yellow dolly mixture on top. It was yummy.
3. Feeling a bit mopish and then getting a text asking if I felt like going round to Caroline's to christen her new flat with wine and chinese.
