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It was a good night, capped off by a ride home in...

Seen outside Earl’s Court tube station on Saturday...

The cost of William's lift to the stag do?...

Today...

I am twenty-five, for the third time! I am feeling very sanguine about ageing, however. If I have...

Sorry...

…for the unprecedented hiatus. I have been busy, and also have had no amusing cab drivers to...

Jean Edelstein: American democracy works -...

“You probably won’t read another book on surfing this...”
— Non-fiction: June 22 | By...

“Fallen on hard times thanks to the advent of Christianity...”
— Fiction: June 22 | By genre |...

“I think there were many things my father regretted, rightly...”
— Siri Hustvedt, The Sorrows of...

“The pool was too tough.”
— Irené, Priceless. Highly...

Peaks (via Christiane B) OK, to see this for myself,...

Chicken and egg

I’ve been wearing contact lenses for the past couple of days. Usually, I am too lazy to bother...

noraleah: The end is nigh: the future President and First...

Trag

Trying to do my part for the environment last night, but also having to do the dishes, I picked up...

Bad Idea: The anthology, ed Jack Roberts and...

I am waiting...

…yet again, for the washing machine repairman. It’s all very existential. I was...

Insight into the block

It has just occured to me that one of the reasons that I struggle a bit with writer’s block...

Quotable

Lydia: ...and so I said, 'Be EXCELLENT to each other.'
Oli: Did you make that up? Or did you get it from somewhere?
Lydia: Bill and Ted.

Hey! It’s Father’s Day, and this is my dad,...

Even better - me and the table on the bus, courtesy Lauren.

Here is my new table! It is solid wood and styled in a...

marklow: Bay Street, Sag Harbor, NY. That, my friends, is...

Oenophilia

Reb: Jean, do you like this champagne? I think it tastes sour.
Jean: I think it tastes free.

When the readers take over | Books | guardian.co.uk

Hey! It’s Excellent Flatmate Bex, and she is wearing a...

“Doesn’t he have any free will?”
— Jodie, on Big. We came late to...

“Now the biopsy is clear,” she snapped,...”
— John Crace’s digested...

Why we are not going to Kathmandu

Jean: Christiane and Alex are going on a trek to the base camp of Mount Everest.
Lauren: I'm jealous! Oh, to be traveling and in love.
Jean: You don't have to be in love. You and I could go on a trek to the base camp of Mount Everest. Why not?
Lauren: You would have to wear trousers.
Jean: Oh. Never mind, then.

Two great things that happened today

1. I actually got an email from the organiser of the White Mischief Ball, offering condolences for...

“Days later, Jensen was still thinking about the reaction and...”
— Packing in public: Gun owners...

My 27th birthday approaches

While leaving the rather excellent White Mischief Ball last night, winding my way through crowds of...

The Geneva Correspondent has a blog

Dying hard

This morning I have a particular feeling that I have a heck of a lot of stuff to do, but if I just...

A worrying development

I just spent the afternoon at the British Library Newspaper Archive, reading microfiche. And I...

“The Hammersmith and City Line is experiencing severe delays...”
— Tube announcement. I’m...

Modern love

I was enjoying dinner on my own at an outward-facing table on the pavement (the only way to eat...

Guess which party I was at tonight? No, guess! (I lost a...

““You can’t say that you don’t meet men....”
— “Salad Olivier”, a...

I feel underwhelmed

I mean, yay Obama. But I still have less enthusiasm for this election than I have ever had, and I am...

A guest post

Published with permission from the author/ Geneva correspondent. Hopefully this will inspire him to...

“When I started kindergarten, aged five, I was already an...”
— Don’t put age ranges on...

I Killed Britney Spears: My Role in the...

BAD IDEA | the magazine of ideas and opinion...

A few of us went to check out the ‘Last Round on the Underground’ last night. I found...

“Bad Idea: The Anthology, edited by Jack Roberts and Daniel...”
— Keeping mum | By genre |...

Was your Saturday night as great as...

Unless you also had a cab driver who sang lustily along to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ which he...