Leeds at night
Some photos of Clarence Cock, just after dusk.



Earlier this month we headed to Sam’s Chop House to celebrate Hugh’s birthday. It’s gone down hill a little since I first went there, and they don’t even have chops on the menu which I think is ridiculous (it’s not in any way unreasonable to expect Sam’s Chop House to serve chops), but there you have it. After, we headed to The Lounge for a few cocktails.
Earlier this month we welcomed BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney to present his talk “Oi! Scientology!”, a mini tour he is doing to support his book, Church of Fear. It was a bit of a shaky start when we couldn’t find John, but once resolved he gave us a highly entertaining insight into his experiences.
The discussions continued long after the event – indeed, it was nearly 2am by the time the last of us left the bar of Malmaison!
The fourteenth book in the Discworld series is Lords & Ladies. It takes place in the Kingdom of Lancre and primarily centres around the witches, with a guest appearance from the wizards, but nothing too substancial.
One thing I did like about Lords & Ladies was the good use of humour, especially when it came to describing the many facets of Lancre society.


As Richard Littlejohn would say, you couldn’t make it up. Credit.