after living in the UK for nearly two years she now has just two weeks to get everything done. Yesterday she told me excitedly that she had achieved another item on her bucket list:
today I had jam roly poly
A Homage to Harmsworth.
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The start of Jonathan Parry’s very enlightening LRB review of The Chief:
The Life of Lord Northcliffe by Andrew Roberts (1 December 2022; archived):
‘Do do...
5 hours ago
I don't recall ever having jam roly poly.Isn't that what they call "dead man's arm"?
ReplyDeletethat's the one! x
DeleteOh, geez, I don't know "jam roly poly" or "dead man's arm." Are those swashbuckling things?
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely puddings entirely suitable for pirates and people who don't have to worry about their weight
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