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Parents upset, bored, by 'Where the Wild...
Oct 31st

On having the flu

It’s awful, but you knew that already. But I’m not sure when I last stayed in my bed for...
Oct 30th

Get vaccinated to help your friends.

jayparkinsonmd: Equal rights for all races, genders, and sexual orientation. Do not litter. Don’t...
Oct 29th
On air: is gender equality an impossible...
Oct 29th
It may be diverting for Amis to imagine that...
Oct 28th

On a new kind of empathy

The trope of the trauma of trying on swimwear is something that I have never understood. It just...
Oct 28th

On a trip to the Genius Bar

Sit on the bench, they say at the Genius Bar, even though I have an appointment, and even though it...
Oct 27th
“Taken together, our results suggest that, although booty...”
— Dr Peter Jonson, The ‘Booty...
Oct 27th
Dawn Raid in Kirkuk | PhotoShelter Seb’s first photo...
Oct 26th

On great things I have consumed of late

Penned In the Margins Poetry Series at Aubin & Wills: Kennard & Dockrill Here are some...
Oct 25th
It’s almost time for the next London episode of the...
Oct 24th

On what this morning's breakfast made me...

Alpen tastes like breakfast at my grandmother’s house in the 1980s: we are only allowed to eat it in...
Oct 20th

Unsurprisingly, morale at the West End's...

Jean: I'd like to send this to Switzerland, please [brandishes postcard]
Post Office Man: That will be 56p. [Pause] You stood IN LINE for that?
Jean: Um, yes.
Post Office Man: Are you going to pay with a credit card?
Oct 19th

Stories gleaned from Google Analytics:...

For mid-October, the sun is still hot, and Elisabeth and Francesca are taking the opportunity to...
Oct 19th
“Without striking any hysterical notes, Vann’s writing...”
— Alexander Linklater on David...
Oct 19th
“A circus-like atmosphere formed outside the family’s...”
— Balloon boy: parents of Falcon...
Oct 18th

On cheese at Borough Market

Reliably, the cheese stand at Borough Market is staffed by Gallic dreamboats: dark and...
Oct 17th
somethingchanged: Konichiwa! A stylish Harajuku...
Oct 16th
The cover of my next book. (Not really - rather, a charming...
Oct 15th
Maybe I will write a collection of short stories based on search information gleaned from my Google...
Oct 13th
On vintage pumpkin puree In 1974, the Canadian government...
Oct 12th
“Each and every day 500,000 people ride their bicycle to work...”
— The Copenhagen Bike Culture...
Oct 10th

JHE Solves Your Relationship Problems:...

Dear Jean, I was wondering if you could advise on a sticky situation I seemed to have embroiled...
Oct 9th
On two of my oldest friends Amy and I met when we were...
Oct 9th
Porto was rather delish.
Oct 7th

On language barriers

It was an elegant restaurant. The short, sharp coffee came with two small orange packets: one long...
Oct 7th

On running in to my doctor on the...

Hm, I think. Where do I know that guy from? Friend of a friend? Did I see him out that night in...
Oct 7th

In the Gelateria

Jean: I love words that end in 'teria'!
Amy: Cafeteria?
Jean: Yes, cafeteria. And Danceteria. And in Montreal there was a florist called the Florateria...
Amy: How about 'theria'? Like diphtheria?
Jean: No, that's not the same.
Oct 4th

I'm going to Portugal for the weekend.

This is especially notable because the only other time I went to Portugal, earlier this year for...
Oct 2nd

On six years

This week, I have suddenly realised, marked the sixth anniversary of my arrival to London with two...
Oct 1st

On dignity and sandwiches

I love the Scandinavian deli near my office where I go at least once a week for a spot of lunchtime...
Oct 1st