*Warning: I have run this post by the censor and been told that it makes me sound ‘a bit sad’. ‘You can add that too if you like,’ he said. Me, yesterday: That dog upstairs was barking its head off today, I honestly thought it… Read More
It’s been a busy week – in the past 7 days I have attended: -a Belle Epoque party -an all-day bread-making course where we made these – YUM: -the theatre, to see Misterman with Cillian Murphy, a one-man show about a guy going bonkers in… Read More
I am, like, sooo tired. This seems to always happen to me at this time of year. I arrange a whole load of things, accept all the invitations that come my way, plan to see absolutely everyone, and then I’m surprised when I’m exhausted and… Read More
This is what I posted on my facebook page last week. And it is true. I am officially going to be a published author!!!I have delayed telling you, my blog readers, partly because I thought you might have stopped reading ages ago since I stopped… Read More
It’s Bonfire Night Weekend, and fireworks are exploding left right and centre outside as I type. J today posted on Facebook: ’11 years in the UK and I’ve never been invited to a bonfire party. 😦 What am I doing wrong? Who does one have… Read More
How I love Hallowe’en. During my childhood, it was easily the highlight of the year, second only to Christmas and birthdays (yes, OK, that’s third). Here in the UK, people are still getting the hang of it. There is much sniffiness over the fact that… Read More
In my giddy twenties I spent a year in Paris. My friends and I had no money so tended to hang out at each others’ apartments, aka chambres de bonne/firetraps located on the 5th or 6th floor of a grand building. My friend B had… Read More
I have written here earlier about coincidences and how they seem to abound in London. Here’s another one for you. Recently we went to see the play Six Degrees of Separation at the Old Vic. As I waited for the others I got chatting to… Read More
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