And I don’t want to spend money on foul tasting stomach ache.

The nice little bar round the corner with the sun trap does two by two. Always cloudy, sometimes nice. I’ve grown to trust them. The problem with everyone else is that you don’t know whether it’s cloudy deliberately or it’s off.

Aye. I’m sick of them.

I know just the thing.

Did this joke on WhatsApp and someone much funnier than me said “at least it’s not telling you to pull your finger out”

TOO FAR, STRAVA

Tom Hollander is in this. He must be upsettingly young but looks about 50.

It’s irrelevant to the film, which in itself is great, but I think the opening paragraph to the novel is one of the best bits of introductory writing ever done. It tells you everything about Marlow: his character, his cynicism, and the situation he’s getting into, in six killer lines.

Big Sleep is lush.

I didn’t in the end. And I’m glad for a number of reasons.