We’ve just had a quote from a carpenter to build fitted cupboards and shelves into two chimney-breast alcoves. He’s asking around £1100 for the pair. This seems on the expensive side to us, but maybe it’s not. Anyone have any recent experience of London (or elsewhere) carpenter-pricing?

I’m suffering from (or committing) something that I hereby dub Meme lag. I haven’t done a lyrics quiz. I haven’t done a “five lies”.

Not that I have to. But I will.

Probably after such a long time that they’ll seem all fresh and new again.

Hooray! The new Harry Potter book is out on the 21st of June: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2661409.stm