The newspapers, the internet, all available social media and I daresay a good bit of English language television and radio as well is plastered with the Oprah interview with Prince Harry and Meghan. I gave in and watched the clip where Meghan reveals that a member of the royal family had muttered something about the […]
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Twice burnt
We went to the flat this afternoon and were surprised and pleased to see that the plumbing has begun, with sloping drainage pipes running through the walls. We stood in the kitchen to see if yesterday’s decisions were the right ones. They were, I think. Then we came back and I put on the beans, […]
Harrowing day
The morning started with a phone call: my grandmother is not well again. We left for our Ikea appointment to order our kitchen. It was not a good journey: the day had turned cold and grey, with a bit of rain. It was also the first weekend day after the lifting of lockdown and the […]
Fury at the rules
Daily Telegraph Sport, 6 March 2020.
Fury at the government
i, 5 March 2020. The Morning Star, 6 March 2020. And the Daily Mirror, also 6 March 2020.
Abort, abort 2
We caught a taxi to take us to Ikea – a little indulgent as it is on the Asian side and we could get at least part of the way there by public transport. We were supposed to go there to get our kitchen planned out and then to pay for it and hopefully not […]
Vitiating
A soul draining start to the afternoon. We had a nice stroll up to Nisantasi, and on the way got a call about progress on our flat which was very reassuring. With the language barrier it is very hard to work out what exactly is going on sometimes. We were going to the Vitra showroom, […]
All nighter
I had a rare all-nighter last night, only a couple of hours of sleep, as I scrambled to finish work and send it off. I am not used to such nights these days, I found it much easier in Malaysia when they happened every so often. Well, I finished and the work is gone and […]
Fury at the ref
The Sunday Express, 28 February 2021.
Rare earth
One day is much like another these days, weekend or not. I was working today, unwilling and unable to make much progress. The sun was out, and we went for coffee in the late afternoon, taking a winding way back. Now I am working again as the GF cooks dinner. I listened to an interesting […]