Whilst attending the Good-Food Show in June I purchased a copy of ‘Nadiya’s Fast Flavours’ by Bake-Off-Winner and British Television Presenter Nadiya Hussain. Over what feels like many months I’ve cooked quite a few recipes from this book and now—with Christmas round the corner—I can finally review it and say whether I consider it worth… Continue reading ‘Nadiya’s Fast Flavours’ Cookbook Review
The last time I went to Disneyland Paris pre-Covid was near my 13th birthday. I don’t remember eating there. We left after the parade. It actually wasn’t until watching Disney vloggers for research in 2020 that I learned that the fireworks shows existed. The few things I remembered of food at Disneyland Paris from my… Continue reading Disneyland Paris Restaurant Review and Ranking: Part One, Buffet Restaurants
Yes, it’s finally here. Almost a year (I think) after getting Poppy Cooks ‘The Food You Need’, I’m finally ready to write the review. Coincidentally, just as her new Air-Fryer book is coming out. So, as well as being a review of her last cookbook this may be able to tell you whether her new book is worth a gamble on. Let’s get started.
Unfortunately, that’s all I see when I watch Secret Invasion. I see a writer who can write scripts—who clearly can write scripts as the actor’s wouldn’t be nearly as good as they are otherwise—but, also a writer who didn’t plan properly; who is trying so hard to fit into the genre that they’re writing in (spy dramas/action) that they’re losing audience interest and sense in the process. I see a pantser (a writer who doesn’t plan before writing) who isn’t confident enough to be a pantser. Sometimes being a pantser works. Sometimes, with something that’s less known by others and is more connected to you—or is something you’ve spent a lot of time with in your head (essentially partly planned but not written down)—you can get away with pantsing. But this writer, at least for this series, isn’t succeeding without a plan… and everything is coming across wrong. Sometimes even in a way that I can’t even describe why it feels wrong.
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