Eat Me: The food and philosophy of Kenny Shopsin
The only recipe book on my shelf that wasn’t bought as an eleventh-hour christmas present from a book clearance outlet by a parent out of gift ideas.
David Thompson
The gold-standard blogger for the politico-aesthetic.
Not seeing the most hyped art exhibition at the Tate
Visits to galleries made by appointment should surely preclude the screaming of infants and the answering of telephones.
Dr. Rumana Chowdhury and Dt.* Adam Wagstaff
Superb people. You should really try to be friends with them.
* Dentist
Eccles cakes
Specifically Eccles cakes from St. Johns, served with a piece of Lancashire cheese of dollar-a-slice pizza proportions.
‘Bay-Bans
Fake ebay Ray-Ban sunglasses. Of surprising quality, and come dripping in nearly-convincing hang tags, warranty cards and wax-seals of approval. And yes, this is being written in winter in the north of England—have you ever driven southbound on a clear december day? It’s like God forgot to dip his beam.
Jonathan Meades on TV
His shows are perfect: thoughtful, hilarious, unapologetic, brash—every line of his scripts sharpened to noteworthiness. Carefully-selected everyday is treated as heroic, only without a hint of relativism. A long-awaited, but nowhere near complete-enough DVD set has just been released.
Joseph Crawhall II
A Newcastle wood engraver, forever in the shadow of that other Newcastle wood engraver. In the best tradition of the 19th century polymath, too busy being the mayor to find real fame as an artist.
