You will be pleased to hear I have commissioned myself a new project. On its completion, the USA will be a little less sexist. Which is a good thing. I am making no judgement about the levels of sexism in America, nor pointing the finger generally (or specifically) at anyone. I am referring primarily to…
Now then, here’s the thing. A new thing. If you would rather listen to me than read me. Yes? Then just click HERE and the magic will begin. What to say this week? I could tell you about Freddie… (Hello Freddie) or Freddy – I never did ask. I tend to gravitate towards Freddie with…
I’d tell you the one about the pencil, but there’s no point. Similarly, I am not sure what the point of the following is, however here are some memories I have of school from the year 1992. Being stabbed in the back with a compass during class, and after having told the teacher, the rest…
Hello. Hello. I am Captain Breadbeard, the man with bread on his face. Welcome to blog number 10, and well done for making it this far! I have moved one step closer to creating a podcast this week with the creation of a little Captain Breadbeard ditty. I hope you like it… As you can…
Happy Easter! Firstly, a grammatical question… April Fool’s Day, or April Fools’ Day? My money is on the latter, or the ‘later’ for those of you who chose the first option. A quick google search will immediately throw up both options from fairly reputable websites – for example the Independent going with Fool’s and the…
First Contact It’s not that I am scared to wear contact lenses, I just lack the motivation to poke myself in the eye every day. But in my recent attempt to say YES as much as possible, I ended up agreeing to a trial. You never know, maybe if I can see the ball I…
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This week’s blog is more about pictures than words, so excuse my brevity and lack of the usual free-flowing bread based puns. It’s been a busy week. First, let’s start at the end, and conveniently with a clip that justifies my blog heading Bready Eyed. I realised today I may have been talking to people about…
Questions Who doesn’t love a list? Who are these people who don’t love lists? Did they have a past traumatic experience involving a list? What do they do when they go food shopping? Are they just in denial or too hipster to admit the use of lists? On futher investigation/interogation will we reveal to them…
CBB: Hi! How can I help today? SCONES: I’d like to say goodbye. I saw your advert. CBB: And is it you that’s saying goodbye? Or are you saying goodbye to a friend? SCONES: For me. CBB: I can do a friend for half price if you want? Or buy one get one free. SCONES:…
Well that escalated quickly! It’s going to be a shorter blog this week, so straight in with headlines. I am pleased to report it has been a fantastic few days for bakers in the UK as a relatively light dusting of snow caused panic buying of bread from supermarkets around the country. It’s times like…
