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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

“We are just like silly monkeys. Silly silly monkeys.”
— My consultant primatologist...

Sep 28th

On my new invention

One of the greatest perils of cycling is not cars (well, I mean, it is cars) but pedestrians: their...

Sep 28th

On the end of the night

H: I'm going home.
B: No! Go for bagels with us. BAGELS.
H: No, I'm going home.
B: You want a bagel. [He gently apprehends a passerby] Tell her she wants to eat a bagel.
Passerby: What? A bagel?
B: Tell her to eat a bagel!
Passerby [looking worried]: Bagel? You want her to eat a bagel?!
B: You know, a round Jewish pastry.
Passerby: Oh. OH. I thought you meant a dog.

Sep 26th

True story: yesterday I was so feeling so disconsolate and...

Sep 23rd

“The sheer book-length nature of books combined with the...”
— (via fluffynotes) This rather...

Sep 23rd

Watch

noraleah: Will Ferrell and Don Draper are asking you to do your part to protect insurance...

Sep 22nd

“The first thing Sarah said to me at the hotel was “You gotta...”
— Levi Johnston on Life with the...

Sep 21st

There are no words to explain how happy this dress made me...

Sep 20th

The Queensland Opposition Leader carried a...

Sep 19th

It's not too late to 'pologise.

I totally disagree with Mr Timbaland: it’s not too late to ‘pologise, because you should apologise...

Sep 19th

Sebastian sends a special photographic dispatch, and New...

Sep 17th

Michael Cho on designing the cover for the 25th anniversary...

Sep 17th

“Might our communal antipathy towards Brown in fact be a...”
— True confession: I don’t...

Sep 17th

On my new phone

Confession: I have lost three mobiles this year. The third one went in Heathrow when I was en route...

Sep 16th

The Greatest Near-Miss of All Because No...

 ‘What do you mean, I was cheating on you? OK, so we’ve been sleeping together almost every night,...

Sep 15th

Death-Knell. Or Death Knell.

“People are not confident about using hyphens anymore,” he said. “They’re not really sure what...

Sep 15th

I watched Match of the Day. Really.

Now, the big story on Match of the Day on Saturday was this player at Man City who used to play at...

Sep 14th

Things seen on Brick Lane today while I...

- A dog wearing a scary cage-style muzzle. This reminded me of my beloved Maisie, although her...

Sep 13th

“Then there is this: in some way, the quiet terror of severe...”
— Daphne Merkin on her forty...

Sep 13th

“Just outside, on the Tarmac by the jet, Lucy Williams, a...”
— from Tanya Gold’s Mills &...

Sep 11th

There's a real autumnal chill today, and...

London is so much better in autumn than in summer: without the disappointment-prompting expectation...

Sep 10th

“What would it look like if colleges did just that? For...”
— Combating the Campus Rape...

Sep 10th

“I arranged for you to be invited to a party. When I got...”
— Rachel Johnson offers a few...

Sep 9th

On tapping the zeitgeist

As a writer, it is always nice to know that your work is speaking to audiences. Below find a list of...

Sep 8th

JHE Solves Your Relationship Problems:...

himglishandfemalese: Dear Jean, Some months ago my boyfriend left me for a friend of mine. We...

Sep 7th

Rotterdam Things to do » Euromast, the highest tower in...

Sep 6th

“Many bestselling novelists don’t write short...”
— Just After Sunset by Stephen...

Sep 6th

“This is mostly championship sportswriting, with a vividness...”
— Manchester United: The...

Sep 6th

On two hours in Amsterdam

Next to the Anne Frank House is a cafe. Bagels and coffee, the sign says. Bagels? I wonder. Surely...

Sep 6th

60 people die a day from lack of health...

(via noraleah:squashed) The number comes from this article on a report that analyzed the different...

Sep 3rd

Strained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly...

Sep 2nd