.... otherwise known as, "How I spent the bank holiday weekend". Saturday featured a leisurely sending spree along the Kings Road, with co-shopper Hazel. A successful outing, in the shape of new clothes for work for us both. Sunday... Read more
A lovely book - the kind where when you get to the last page you return to the start again and read everything with fresh insight. As with other Salley Vickers' novels, art comes to into play, ending up centre... Read more
1809, Portugal: Richard Sharpe and his riflemen are separated from the British Army, and under orders to locate and protect Miss Kate Savage, only daughter of one of the wealthy English Oporto wine merchants. A ripping yarn, featuring battles against... Read more
A lovely anthology of short stories on the theme of "nowhere", published by Lonely Planet. Lovely though the collection is, I do have a couple of gripes: Most of the pieces are written by professional travel writers, which was a... Read more
Phil and I went to see Kneehigh Theatre Company's production of Brief Encounter last night, and it was excellent. I had not realised that the staging at the Haymarket theatre was so significant. I was particularly impressed with the shift... Read more
Having spent last Saturday and yesterday shrinking and rotating my only-just-less-than 1000 photos taken on the Land of the Thunder Dragon trip, I'm now starting to work my way through them, adding highlights to my Land of the Thunder Dragon... Read more