My delightfully wicked breakfast the other day inspired a lot of interest and more than a little envy in my blog followers so I’m sorry to report that breakfast has returned to normal: my wholesomely respectable home-made muesli with skimmed…
Well, in case you didn’t believe me, I did it. I promised that I would go for a run to compensate for yesterday’s fried eggs and bacon and, later yesterday I did it. I haven’t been for a run for…
It wasn’t my fault. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I won’t do it again – well, not for a bit. A friend donated some home-laid eggs from his young hens and they just wouldn’t wait and…
I woke up this morning to find that there was a problem with my broadband connection. The engineer told me that it was a network issue and it was being worked on but might mean that I would be off-line…
I have to declare an interest here as Henry Bell is a relative, that doesn’t make him any the less talented as a theatre director and shouldn’t stop me writing about how much I enjoyed my visit to the Orange…
It is England, it is May, so I’m glad I’ve still got the English bluebells that I imported from my last garden. Elsewhere, I noticed from the train yesterday, England’s woodlands are still glowing with them. I love them.
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (1846) by Sir Joseph Paton Hoping that you enjoy looking at this painting by Sir Joseph Paton, I’m rushing for a London train. The picture is a glorified theatrical crowd scene, somewhat over-crowded perhaps,…
Queen Elizabeth II – Queen of the United Kingdom etc. The Queen will be wise to close her eyes at the royal lunch she is throwing today for all the World’s reigning monarchs in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. She…
I was very efficient this morning, coming on to my computer before breakfast to get on with my work but only to find that there is a problem with some of my internet connections. I spoke to a very chatty…
Ancient Greek statue of Zeus hurling a thunderbolt Now I don’t want to worry you, fellow Europeans, but after yesterday’s rather paranoid blog about my fear that Poseidon, the Greek sea god, might drag me to a watery grave if…