Today I found out that I haven’t made the shortlist of the Guardian international development writing competition I mentioned a couple of weeks ago…slightly gutted, of course, but I’m pleased to have made it onto the longlist – the final 20 professionals – at least. Hopefully they’ll run it again in the future. Well done to everyone who was selected.

On the upside, I discovered where the Appleby Horse Fair shoes (see blog masthead) live for the other 51 weeks of the year. The answer in New Look. Who would have guessed…