New Year`s Day. And a lovely, lazy day it is. We`re reading Tony Blair`s memoirs aloud (borrowed from Jenny`s father) as well as Staying On on the Kobo (Booker Prize winner by Paul Scott of Raj Quartet fame). Invited to New Year`s dinner by Maggi and very nice it is too - beef stroganoff which has been simmering happily for the afternoon, followed by creme brulée (with cake for J who is underappreciative of creme brulée). Watch a Pierce Brosnan comedy while drinking brandy. A lovely start to the year.