Monday, August 24, 2026

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Jay Pomeroy – The Years of Obscurity

For three quarters of his time Jay Pomeroy’s life was low-key and obscure. He got by, alternating periods of modest

I feel shame-faced about this post because it’s a bit of a cliche to compare real-life people to Gatsby. If

As this is a blog that likes to talk about whisky whilst talking about other things, today’s post will be

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and there are many ways it can lead us astray. In today’s case

“Food simply tastes better when it is supposed to say something about the time and place that birthed it. The

Well what do I know? Quiet at the back there! I know as well as you that the answer is

Before it opened its Bankside building the Tate Gallery at Milbank was strangely schizophrenic. To the right were galleries

The week before last I went to the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate and a Whisky Squad tasting of

“What gives me the necessary sagacity to outwit the Inspector? Whisky. What is it that helps me to know where

I may be a bit of a sad hat. When watching Whisky Galore I stopped the DVD just so I