There is a rather pleasing symmetry between the two series.
If you've no world of your own, it's rather pleasing to regret the passing of someone else's.
Conceived by the Bolloré Group, which runs the Autolib' program in partnership with the city, and designed by Pininfarina, the creator of some of the sexiest and fastest cars ever built, the Bluecar is actually rather pleasing on the outside.
"We have something to learn from continental practice," he said, identifying French long-term strategic planning in such sectors as energy and transport.To French ears, all this is rather pleasing.
On the road it's nippy enough and its tiny 68bhp engine has just enough gusto for city overtaking – it does require some serious revving, resulting in a rather pleasing offbeat grunt from such a small car.
During that time, it's gone from a Twitter gag that suggested something rather pleasing about music fans refusing to be cowed by canonical rock history, to the stuff of very serious thinkpieces, to the subject of an MTV slot.
To make this bed more substantial, it's helpful to cut them into thin strips, rather than grating, as in Roden's recipe – the slim crescents are also visually rather pleasing alongside the slivers of preserved lemon and the bulbous purple olives.
The paprika adds a final flourish of colour – in fact, the two look rather pleasing together – but cayenne pepper gives the same visual effect with more of a kick.
