Young boy sitting opposite me on the train has a pack of cards and a yoyo in his bag. Made me smile.

“They get among the teeth and make you feel as if you tooth-ached all over.” Someone trying ice cream for the first time in 1851.

My loves served up a real treat this year

There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:

1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)

I’ll protect you from the Hooded Claw

After yesterday’s Deborah-ism of packing the wrong office pass and needing to make use of co-working facilities, today’s ism is dropping and breaking the thermostat. It’s now held together with sellotape.