#bookadayuk is one of the better Twitter hashtag events. A different book with a different theme, chosen by readers each day throughout June. Such a lovely, simple… Read more “#bookadayuk”
Category: Family
Polling Day: barefoot and no biscuits.
Dawn over the rooftops of Bethnal Green. Not quite sunset over the Florida Keys but the photo on Twitter was enough to inspire me to go on… Read more “Polling Day: barefoot and no biscuits.”
Takeaway at Death Cafe
No, no skulls in a brown paper bag or zombie food in an insulated box. Nothing morbid. Morbid. That’s the word I ran into, again and again, when I… Read more “Takeaway at Death Cafe”
Just like my daughter
My daughter is one of only two white girls at her East London school of 1,400. She may be the only one; she is unsure about a… Read more “Just like my daughter”
May the Fourth: 4 by 4
May the 4th is Star Wars Day. It’s my wedding anniversary, by happy coincidence: we chose it to make a long Bank Holiday for people coming from… Read more “May the Fourth: 4 by 4”
‘Sunlight and twilight and firelight’
‘Short breaks in restored historic buildings.’ I love the Landmark Trust, the charity ‘giving new life to castles, forts, follies, towers and cottages.’ We spent most of… Read more “‘Sunlight and twilight and firelight’”
Out of Place 