Hello and welcome to Friday..

1) The End of Pens. I really hope not but a lot of it is spot on. Also now I know that the remedial handwriting lessons I got at school were trying to teach me Vere Foster Civil Service Script.

2) Paper baubles. I’ve been planning on doing this, but not with old childrens books, every feeling rebels!

3) More on Israel’s strategy towards the Palestinians.

4) It’s a terrible thing when someone dies young and leaves children and partners behind. The one ray of light when Stef died was that we didn’t have to worry about money. Nic Hughes used to be involved in Grace and died of cancer last month. He had critical illness cover and insurance cover is refusing to pay out. The story is here. If you’d like to sign the petition, you can do so here.