25 Good Things
Great music, played with passion and flair. Really good cheese. A sunny place with flowers and trees and birds and …
I blame the alien
Last week passed on wings of delirium. It started so well. Monday was a day of music and words and …
Tale of grim
I was feeling grim. In fact, if you’ve got a moment (and with due gratitude and apologies to Richard Curtis, …
The Kindness of Strangers
Modern life is strange. Not just the nonsense (you know what I’m talking about) – that’s just nonsense and I …
Strictly come watching
I can’t dance. I’m not made for it. Flappy feet, stiff legs, immobile hips. A dance disaster waiting to happen. …
The joy of circus
Pure joy is a rare commodity. We can experience moments of happiness, contentment, cheeriness, euphoria and so on – but …
Comfort fode
There comes a moment, in every bout of virus-induced sofa-occupation, when you feel yourself getting better. Like Violetta in the …
Cheese, wine, fire, book
Here’s what you do. First, the cheese. As good as you can afford. Not to be snooty, but Babybel won’t …
In praise of Sundays
Wagner’s Ring, Fidel Castro’s speeches, War & Peace. None of them as long as rainy October Sunday afternoons in the …
An autumn walk
Autumn. Blustery walks, thick socks, hot chocolate, heating on. Today, as if in acknowledgement of the official turn of the …