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“I love watching TV with you: you speak over the programme...”
— Me, to Bex, following our...

Mar 31st

Comment is free: Sweet smell of sexism

Mar 31st

I would like a yellow labrador, please

OK, so I really still can’t hear anything. It’s not very nice at all. However, being a...

Mar 30th

What time is it?

I think my phone and computer know when Daylight Savings kicks in and out, so I assume that they...

Mar 30th

I am drinking lots of Lucozade

Yet another weekend ruined by this awful virus. I did manage to scrape myself into an upright...

Mar 29th

The hoodie is back. Argh. Will I never be healthy again?! I...

Mar 28th

Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Green gets the...

Mar 28th

“This is a book both painful and beautiful to read: by...”
— New Statesman - The divided...

Mar 27th

“As Kevin Myers tells it in Watching the Door, his...”
— New Statesman - Here comes...

Mar 27th

Click through…

Mar 27th

Why fashion has banished the bosom -...

Mar 26th

Not even self-consciously nerdy glasses, a cardigan, and...

Mar 26th

Is this the end of wedded bliss? -...

Mar 26th

Ah, so we now have a shiny stainless-steel, highly-mirrored...

Mar 25th

Hello, future husband

A kind reader has pointed out this upcoming conference in Osnabrück, Deutschland: “Terrorism,...

Mar 25th

BBC - What's On - Day listing for BBC London...

Mar 24th

Listen again...

Mar 24th

BBC - Radio 4 - Home

Mar 24th

Farewell to 'predictable, tiresome and...

Mar 23rd

Sorry, readers

I would like to write something piquant and amusing for your enjoyment but I am just too ill. So...

Mar 22nd

Amazon.com: No Man’s Land: Ruth Fowler: Books Check...

Mar 20th

“Can you hear it? The jolly hurrahs issuing forth from...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

Mar 20th

Amazon.co.uk: Bad Idea Anthology: The Best of Modern...

Mar 20th

"It would be unfortunate to be a...

We (Alex, Christiane, me) went to a debate last night between the Young Democrats and Young...

Mar 20th

Dear Edelfam,

Thanks for reading my blog! I am delighted that you do. But please do not worry when I do not post...

Mar 19th

In honour of St Patrick, I'm having...

I’m having shocking writer’s block today, which is unfortunate, since I actually have...

Mar 17th

All that glitters | By genre | guardian.co.uk...

Mar 17th

OK, so my last umbrella purchase was 31st January. That is a...

Mar 16th

“Piers Morgan can be a bit loathsome. But as this latest...”
— Elderly observations | By...

Mar 15th

First we take Manhattan, then we take...

I can’t believe how many pounds I just spent so that Lauren and I can go and see a man with a...

Mar 14th

“We laugh. We cry. My flatmate, a lovely Antipodean, retreats...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

Mar 13th

“The Israeli who hit number 1 on iTunes 07/03/2008 By Jean...”
— The Jewish Chronicle

Mar 12th

That's so Smithers

“More than 70% of teachers in schools and colleges, polled by the Association of Teachers and...

Mar 12th

And...we're back!

Phew.

Mar 11th

Weirdly

My blog has disappeared, due to slight technical difficulties with my domain host. I hope to remedy...

Mar 11th

I am really upset about Eliot Spitzer!

And I haven’t lived in New York for nine years, but STILL. I’m taking it personally.  ...

Mar 10th

Role models

“You’d be on a beach in the early 60s and your dad would shout: “Don’t throw...

Mar 10th

Solitary confinement

For some reason, I always think that living alone must be a good thing - a sophisticated thing, an...

Mar 9th

Parenting 2.0

Mum (on phone) : Are you all right?
Jean: Yes. Why?
Mum: Well, you hadn't written in your blog for a couple of days.

Mar 8th

John Crace on how to write a misery memoir |...

Mar 6th

A special day in a young primatologist’s life.

Mar 6th

“Face-painting is a fine (if a little itchy) way to mark...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

Mar 6th

I have got to tell you about this...

It’s called ‘three cheeses’ and it’s from the French deli on Broadway...

Mar 5th

Arm Update

The swelling has crawled up into my elbows, but it’s less painful. Also, a note: some kind...

Mar 4th

Tip or no tip?

Mar 4th

Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - art: I lost...

Mar 4th

Poor arm! Last night I thought it would fall off. Today it...

Mar 4th

OH MY ACTUAL. Cheers to my Kiev correspondent for supplying...

Mar 3rd

Today I am participating in a scientific experiment. Or as I...

Mar 3rd

Jean Edelstein: Equal gender rights shouldn't...

Mar 2nd

converse (via Christiane B)

Mar 1st

Bad Science: Don't laugh, sugar pills are the...

Mar 1st