Climate Crisis - Autumn renders Holt Soupless!

Yup - autumn is really here...

1. This morning's school run required a rapid U-turn to don an extra layer.

2. The Gallery heater has been cranked back into service for the first time since last winter.

3. Chilled-out of hiding, Holt's 'invisible army' of lunching lawyers, epicurean estate agents, hungry hairdressers and snacking shop-assistants had drunk Byfords dry of soup by lunchtime!

GirlFriday was thereby rendered lunchless - even the very name of the tasty-looking 'Friday Staple' flavour chalked-up on the blackboard was gone by 1pm!

Falling back on takeaway cappuccino and a micro-ed plastic pot of pesto pasta (just not the same...) an online horoscope instructs 'share fondest fantasies today'.

Thus - by clicking on the above image - this blogger is happy to provide a DIY 'Delia-Deli-dejeuner' for fellow art-n-soup-lovers who might find themselves similarly (dis)-placed...

Sea your name in lights with Cromer's X-Factor

BBC Radio Norfolk, the EDP and the Pavillion Theatre Cromer are in search of a star for Seaside Special 2010...

The lucky hopeful will win a spot in the town's famous End-of-the-Pier show - now in its 32nd year after notching up over a million bums on seats

Entries for 'Norfolk Find a Star' close on 31st October, with successful acts being invited to audition in early November. The best of the board-treaders will then 'face the audience' in a thrilling tenner-a-ticket Showcase Final. (Hopefully the worst ones won't be forced to walk-the-plank...)

Potential stars-in-the-making (who must be aged over 17 on 1st April 2010 and be able to commit to a show season running from June to September) should send details of their act including a biography, colour head and shoulders photos and -if possible - a performance DVD to show what you can do.

Applications should be sent to: Norfolk Find a Star, The Box Office, Cromer Pier, Cromer, NR27 9HE.