0. I am slightly delirious during the night – my dreams broken and odd, especially as I have a line about everything being brown in the 1970s (from Jonathan Coe’s Rotters Club) stuck in my head. But at one point, as I lie awake in the darkness, I start telling myself a story as a distraction and before I know it, I have a complete backstory composed for a character.

1. Kaufman rolls the egg off the table but somehow it doesn’t break so I retrieve it. He tries again with more success.

2. To see how much has gone through the kiln since Thursday.

3. The Serrano ham has caramelised on the edge. Sweet and crispy.