The WFJ enters winter hibernation
Snails have a tendency to slip into a state of dormancy this time of year
With a swish of its cape, the WFJ is now going into winter hibernation, from which it will return in February or March.
All paid subscriptions are now paused. Meaning, if you’re a paid subscriber, no fees will leave your account until normal service is resumed (you can still access the entire back catalogue of all WFJ posts though). Bear in mind that if you pay your subscription any other way – e.g. PayPal – you’ll need to amend that from your end.
While we’re on the topic, thank you to all the paid subs who’ve collectively helped the WFJ on its relatively merry course. Thank you also to the kind small business supporters – Root Connections and The Pig specifically – that contributed similarly.
It was my intention to put out some stats from 2024, but since Substack’s systems are currently misbehaving (for me anyway), I’ll lay out some highlights from the year instead. A good time to catch up, perhaps, in case you missed them the first time round.
This piece asks and answers the same question. A year on, I’m still yet to find a worthy enough rival.
And the inspiration for this newsletter.
Now is cheapest time of the year to eat out — as long as you go to the right place, ask for the right menu, and at the right time of day. Pointers on all that herein.
Incredible scenes over in Mells as Retribution is in the process of dolling out a unique whisky that wants to embody — in both senses of the word — the spirit of Somerset.
It might sound a bit extreme to say much of north west Somerset will disappear underwater in the not too distant future, but that’s the way things are going. Agriculture is largely to blame.
Brendan Sellick’s story is a personification of rural decline.
A rare documentation, with help from people who were there, of the UK’s first ever farmers’ market — and what it helped inspire.
The WFJ’s most popular read of 2024. Will be updated periodically.