{"id":122054,"date":"2021-09-17T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ground-is-unstable-but-there-are-pleasures-all-around-goodbye-to-the-joy-of-small-things\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T08:04:54","slug":"the-ground-is-unstable-but-there-are-pleasures-all-around-goodbye-to-the-joy-of-small-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ground-is-unstable-but-there-are-pleasures-all-around-goodbye-to-the-joy-of-small-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The ground is unstable but there are pleasures all around\u2019 \u2013 goodbye to the joy of small things"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFor three years, this column has been looking for sources of quotidian joy in the darkness. As it comes to an end, what tiny delights would other writers nominate?Three years ago, I trotted up to the Weekend desk in the Guardian\u2019s offices with what one editor calls my \u201cideas look\u201d. My idea was this: a space had opened up in the magazine and I thought I might fill it with a column on the small, everyday things that can bring cheer. (The late, great Clive James, whose writing I adored, had wrapped up his column \u2013 what an unbelievable honour to succeed him.)I had recently been given a copy of JB Priestley\u2019s Delight and, truly, it was. Priestley was known as a bit of a grumpster, so this collection of essays explaining his own micro-pleasures was something of a rebuttal. It was perfect to dip into. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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