Category: The Beat
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KENDRICK ON MESSAGE
A lot has been said about Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl just gone past and I am not here to litigate or parse any arguments about it; there are plenty of hot takes and takes of the hot takes for everyone to read. That’s not my intention here. But one thing I do…
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Ox Tail Stew
Ox tail season is upon us and if you know me, if you follow me on any socials you will know how much I love ox tail, I will sell a kidney for one, give you my liver, hell sell the first born child i di not have for ox-tail because I LOVE OX TAIL.…
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WATCH | Sweet Magnolias
A tender kind of storytelling that is perfect for these winter months. For any season really, but I rewatch of this series each winter, if only to cuddle me for the season. We are three seasons deep and in and so far, all seasons are so good. It’s a simple premise, set in a small…
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Cocktails To Ring In The New Year!
It’s New Years’ Eve and we are allowed to indulge and get lit to ring in the New Year. I don’t know about you, but I love a New Year, especially when the 1st starts on a Sunday or Monday… not this year so we’ll take it. Before you kick off with the New Year…
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‘TIS AUTUMN
Not quite to bed, but a gentle retreat inside, warm evenings unfold over cascading landscapes. Trees full of life, with leaves in hues of golds and yellows and reds, can-can as the sun sets. Birds chirping a new song, beckoning a gentle morning. Where winter is a reckoning, and spring a delight, summer runs wild…
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THE SUMMER BERRY CAKE
The taste of summer is fat juicy strawberries that burst in your mouths revealing the sweetness and the faint hint of tart there is no better season than summer for strawberries except of course you are tossing it together in batter enter the summer strawberry cake, one for the ages. I walked into M&S the…
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER
The best show on Netflix without question, right now. I love this show, I have loved every iteration of the Lincoln Lawyer, yes even the Mathew McConaughey version but this series on Netflix is quite simply fantastic and they upped the ante in season 2, granted I am not a fan of how they chose…
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The Kitchen Table – Simple Spaghetti
This is a simple meal for one on days when you do not feel like going outside to forage for food, ordering in, or eating rice… we are now in the thick of summer proper so this is perfect for something light and more important easy. PREP: 10 MINS MAKE: 30 MINS SERVES: 2 It’s…
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WALK THE LINE – CARBIS BAY TO ST IVES
There is a magical walk in England along one of the most scenic routes in all the land. Some have even gone so far as to call it the most beautiful coastline in all of the Kingdom. And it is, truly it is the most beautiful because you are high up and lost in all…