The Anonymous Widower

Real Michelin Chefs Use Microwaves

I was in Waitrose buying some supper, when the young lady in front at the prepared vegetables shelf picked up some mixed green vegetables and put them down. As I picked up another one, she said that she didn’t have a microwave.  I said not to worry, as a friend of mine, who’s a Michelin-starred chef uses one.  She smiled and said perhaps she’d get one.

September 11, 2012 Posted by | Food | , | Leave a comment

Where Now Lord Coe?

The Times today, has a leader which praises Lord Coe for the work he did in getting the Olympics to London and making it a success.

I can remember sitting with C and listening to his speech in Singapore that won us the Olympics in the first place. As a barrister, she said it was the finest plea in mitigation she had ever heard, as it was thought at the time, that we would lose to Paris.

The Times leader also poses what Lord Coe should do next.

I only think, that whatever he does, he’ll make a success of it!

September 11, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , | 2 Comments

Divorce Is A Bereavement

This glib and totally fatuous statement was made by Charlotte Friedman of the Divorce Support Group on BBC Breakfast this morning.

As someone, who lost his wife of forty years and 37-year-old son to cancer in the space of two years, she ought to try widowhood at sixty for a few days.

My wife was a family barrister and I can see her in my mind, laughing at the lady.  Probably along, with some of her former colleagues, who have sadly passed away in the last few years.

September 11, 2012 Posted by | World | , , | Leave a comment

Why Do They Try To Play Cricket In Manchester?

Everybody knows that it always rains in Manchester.  There’s even an old phrase beloved of cricket commentators.

If you can’t see the Pennines it’s already raining, if you can it’s just about to.

So why did they try to play a Twenty20 cricket match last night? Guess what? It rained, as is reported here.

September 11, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , | 3 Comments