• What a week.

  • No job news.

  • New prime minister. Still a Tory at least she doesn’t act like a clown. I’m glad something is happening re: energy prices but it’s groany to hear that a windfall tax on energy companies that are making out like bandits is a bad idea because it “discourages investment”. We’ll see how that plan goes in Germany.

  • The Queen died. Wow. Despite being inevitable it was still quite a surprise. Ultimately my feelings are: she generally did a good job at the role she was born into (though bad stuff also happened on her watch) but really the monarchy is a silly anachronism that has no place in 2022. I know this opinion is not held by many others and I am not looking forward to endless TV/online/billboard/etc coverage of the whole succession ordeal.

  • I made Zopf. It came out a bit less soft than I had hoped, possibly because I overhandled the dough after the first rise, or maybe because I used strong white flour instead of plain white flour? I should have watched a better video before attempting the braid. Anyway, 7/10 would make again.

    Zopf