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Raspberry sour cream cake. I won’t think about the calories!

One of the paddock hens is sitting on a large clutch of hens eggs and they might hatch on Tuesday. Click below.

The rest of her flock is happy to be outside until it is bedtime. Click below

Broad beans have all ripened together and are at the peak of their perfection. Broad bean vinaigrette, broad bean pate, hot broad beans with butter, blanched broad beans in the freezer and today (my own invention) roasted broad beans. A delicious snack.

Trying again

Nigel is particularly excited as he feels that he doesn’t get enough coverage on the blog!

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Protectzia (aka Jeremy’s Kings College card) allowed us to walk through the grounds of Kings College Cambridge on graduation day where students milled around in black gowns accompanied by proud parents. We walked to the University Library where we joined a group from HGSS for a tour of the Cairo Genizah fragments. A Genizah is a place – a cupboard, box, small room – for worn out holy texts and scrolls.

We were privileged to hear a lecture from an archivist who has been working on the fragments (all digitalised) for over 12 years. We were then allowed to view the letters, scrolls and texts about which she had spoken. It was thrilling and moving ……especially the last letter from David,the brother of Moses Maimonides, before he drowned at sea in 1170.

Prenups, advice on health, a letter from a teacher to parents about their wayward son, poems, holy texts, amulets all feature in the collection. Plus ca change.

Who won the Impact and Engagement award at Reading University yesterday for her work on Safeguarding children from Sexual Exploitation and abuse in Conflict and Crisis Zones

Btw for those who are interested in the Trans in sport debate and issue there is a programme on BBC 1 at 9pm tonight featuring my hero Martina Navratilova. And an excellent play by Mark Lawson called Baselines available on BBC Sounds

Back to jam making!