Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Monday, 2 March 2015

Lost Gentility

I had not been in the Quaint and Quirky Tea Rooms on Stockton High Street for some months before today, and while it retains its eponymous characteristics it appears to have given up on its previous efforts at gentility; instead of a china teapot, cup and saucer I was given my brew (teabag still circulating) in a mug that proudly declared “I [heart] Parmos Me!”, notwithstanding which the contents were fine, as was the cheese and ham Panini – and the very reasonable cost of £5 including a tip.

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