morning, I hope you are well. We are well here. Been a better week than last week, and of course it snowed, so everyone in N16 was out in all the white to lark and laugh and slide about.

While out in the snow I unexpectedly bumped into Stewart Lee (local comedian, self professed clown and folk hero), and he now has a beard. He was wearing a woolen hat and a big warm coat. And he had a small sledge (with a bag for life on it) that he was dragging along for one of his kids. Anyway, while we were talking (at a suitable distance of course) a very small child came up to him and just stared a lot. Then went and looked at his sledge and stared a lot at that. Then looked in the bag for life. Then did some more hard staring at Mr Lee. The little boy's father then came up and grabbed him and told Stewart that his child thought he was Father Christmas. Stewart then told the boy that he had been furloughed since December. I have been laughing at this small event to myself all week. It was very sweet indeed.

Also very sweet is the 50p offering this week, Swinging Peer Gynt. Duke Ellington and brilliant right hand man Billy Strayhorn (who wrote Take The A Train). This is a classic jazz-goes-classical thing but done really well, it's a monster album that was actually banned in Sweden as they found it to offensive to Nordic ears. Duke and Billy are here. 

Thanks to everyone who hoovered up the misspelt brilliant stupid sale LP and tee shirts last week, nice one.  

As for a stupid film today I offer you this, passed on to me this week by my lovely wife. This could easily be a 1980s goth nightclub scene. Boy do I miss going out. Or at least the opportunity to know that I can go out.

I'm now off to try and get the bloke who does my artwork to actually do some of my bloody artwork. That's before I put my dinner lady hat on and make lunch for the kids in the canteen. Today we are having tongue sandwiches followed by a visit to the loo.   

Thanks for listening as always

Jonny