It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas. The tree is up, we’ve received a couple of cards, I’ve been given a 2026 calendar, and we had the Bear Alley Books Xmas Party on Wednesday.The latter was basically dragging Mel and my Mum down to the pub for lunch, which we haven’t had a chance to do since August — coordinating everyone can be tricky at times — when we took a trip out to Maldon. It was
