Status:

Still recovering from Sunday but definitely feeling better. Not much else to report.

Reading:

• Being quiet with other people — A lovely accounting of various quiet situations by Graham Dunning.
• Save the balti! Can Birmingham’s best dish come back from the brink? — When I first moved to Birmingham in the mid 90s as a student we would eat out all the time because balti’s were incredibly cheap. Friends visiting from other cities would be astonished at the bill. Amusing local note - the Royal Watan is 1.2 miles away from Stirchley, not “bordering” it. And we’re not gentrified yet.
• Labour’s Net Zero triumph and UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
• Pope-ally wired! Why Mark E Smith’s maligned Catholic play is getting a reboot

Watching:

• Bench Grinder Restoration ‌(31:34)
• Practical Engineering: Why roads get washboards ‌(17:53) — These being the ripples in dirt roads that make them uncomfortable to drive on. Same physics as sand dunes and I found a lot of echoes here of minimalist music. Fascinating video.