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"Age has not affected the ability of the...

I hope my mother weighs in on this one

Complaining about bad parenting is, it seems, a special thing you do when you are my age and...

Fiscal irresponsibility

I went out to buy some nice food, but today is the kind of summer Sunday where you quickly forget...

“Jean. Oh. My. God. I found the best thing in the...”
— Actual voicemail from...

Selection

Lydia: If I ever get married, you are totally being my bridesmaid, Jean.
Jean: Really? That's so touching!
Lydia: Yes, you're my only friend who would both look good in a powder blue strapless dress and who could easily dispatch grope-y old men.

When we were at the Leonard Cohen concert, the man sitting...

Who is this? you may wonder. I have no idea: while digging...

somethingchanged: “Original Obama pajamas, Ojamas, 100%...

Film review

So! I saw The Dark Knight last night at the Imax, which I always want to write ‘iMax’...

“All I do is hang out with crackheads and take pictures of...”
— Sebastian, telling the...

“Mr McClements said the plane descended to an altitude where...”
— Terror at 29,000 feet - Local...

Maybe the end of July is not great

Maybe the end of July is not great because it is six weeks until autumn but you can still feel the...

Why it is very good that I'm working...

I felt like an absolute monster when I woke up this morning. The reason for it was not particular -...

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I was overcome.

In 2002, I wrote my undergraduate honours dissertation:...

Jean Hannah Edelstein: Don't forget the home...

Ben, Zaida and I say, ‘FESTIVAL!’ (Somehow I...

Latitude festival: do books and bands really...

I survived

Three days in a field with music and greasy food and enforced fun. And lovely friends, who made it...

Why

is it that the only thing harder than writing is reading the stuff that you’ve written with a...

This special shelf, next to Green Park on Piccadilly, was...

I offer you this photo of the contents of tonight’s...

“He went back through the story, demonstrating how the writer...”
— This American Life, No. 006 ...

You’d think that after five years in rainy England,...

The saddest part

Tonight on an escalator in Embankment Station, a strange man who I happened to be standing next to...

“That’s just how you roll: you’ve gotta...

“Mamma Mia! ties itself in knots trying to shoehorn in every...”
— Mamma Mia! | Reviews |...

Finally extracted photos from Asya and Andy’s...

Patriotic curation

Jean: Your 4th of July party looked really fun. I'm sorry I missed it. Especially the patriotic decorations. My cab driver might have even allowed me to attend.
Sebastian: Well, I can't take all the responsibility. Dan curated it.
Jean: I love curation. It makes every act sound important. 'How was lunch, Jean?' 'It was great, I curated it.'

“He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest...”
— President George Bush ended a...

Apparently

It is going to rain for the rest of the summer; it is going to be the wettest summer in five years....

CPH Mark 2

I am back from an excellent trip to Copenhagen. I shall offer a nice photo essay of the jaunt, as...

Do we protest too much about where we write?...

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