September 2021

  • In dad's shoes

    A summer’s remembering 1 June His clothes, or some of them, fit me now better than they ever did. Not the coats, jackets or trousers (shoulders, arms and legs on a different scale) but oddly, a variety of the shirts, at least half of which were bought in my size (XL) as opposed to his…

  • The Sassermaet Killer

    Enter the Death Slice: A Perry Jimenez story Sassermaet: A Shetland ‘delicacy’ made from ground, spiced and salted beef, occasionally lamb or mutton trimmings. As in the English ‘saucermeat’. Recipés range from district to district and family to family. Clatch (Shetland dialect): literally “a smear”. Cooked sassermaet slightly liquified, with added potatoes, onions, tomatoes if…