Thursday, June 19, 2025

Cash, work and sofa.

1. Our bank has given every customer £100, which is a pleasant thing to find in our accounts.

2. This edit of a sweet romantic novel is flying along -- and it's a Christmas book so the descriptions of cold weather are very welcome on a day when I've shuttered the west side of the house against the determined sun.

3. Three of us squashed on the sofa in the front room -- coolest spot in the house -- listening to the radio.

Conference morning, break time and memory.

1. Waking up in a huge snow-crisp hotel bed, rather keyed up, but ready for a day in the company of other editors. 2. I take a moment to sit...