Spice up your life….

…. but remember to order some ‘proper’ food for The Staff!!

Hi Blog, it’s getting late but I thought I’d drop you a quick line before bed. Have just got back from ‘Viva Forever’; one of the newest shows to arrive in the West End. It uses the Spice Girls songs, and tells the story of a group of girls, who form a band and enter a talent competition. The judges were absolutely hilarious, and ‘Simone’, who was played by Sally Dexter, really was the star of the show. It is the best musical I have seen for a while and a great laugh too. The grungey staff would have just LOVED standing up, swaying their arms, and singing along to ‘2 Become 1’!!

In other news:

Called Lofty for a pre-Cheltenham pep talk, this afternoon. We both said we have a funny feeling that it just isn’t going to be quite as busy as last year. The first day will be all about beating the big ‘short-one’ players in the office and Ladbrokes on-course. The second day will be pretty busy with the 2/1 favourites, however; the day also contains a non-event race with Sprinter Sacre at 1/5. But then, after that; it will just be about avoiding a few bombs here and there in the 5/1 the field races. I ended the conversation by saying that I, like last year, would be doing a groceries shop for the house we are renting for the week. Lofty responded, immediately, by saying that he ‘bloody well hoped’ it would be better than last year’s shop, and that there would be some ‘proper food’ ordered. He then went on to comment that he didn’t want to have to trawl through loads of ‘muesli and yoghurt to find something decent’. He also delivered his opinion of my food ordering in a most surly and unioney voice, almost like a veiled threat of what would happen if I didn’t bring loads of grim fry-up food! Staggering!!! The Staff don’t know how good they’ve got it!

Andrew Needleman, the Star legal guru, and more importantly: the firm’s official restaurant reviewer; has not been a well boy. We send him our love.

In a while crocodile, Ben x