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Next Time I’m Getting A Flu Shot
Posted on February 28, 2012 | 12 CommentsUntil, ooh, about six weeks ago, I was one of those irritating people who’d bang on and on about their marvelous immune system and how they NEVER get sick when...
A Big Day Out
Posted on February 22, 2012 | 6 CommentsHow much of London can you see in a single day? Armed with a London Pass and the very best intentions to get out of bed early, the boy and...
The Friday Photo: Tower Bridge
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 3 CommentsWe’ve spent most of this week being tourists in London, which used to be our home town. And Tower Bridge, the late Victorian edifice that spans the Thames besides the...
On the Politics of Museums
Posted on February 16, 2012 | 4 CommentsThe more time we spend in museums around the world, the more I come to realise how very, very political they are. Take the National Museum of China. When it...
Travel Planning 2012 — Or, Getting My Sh*t Together, Sort Of
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 21 CommentsI had high hopes for our sojourn in Blighty. By approximately, umm, now, Z and I would have completed a whirlwind tour of the UK, caught up with scores of...
A Beach. England. January. Are We Mad?
Posted on January 14, 2012 | 22 CommentsThere is something extremely English about a trip to the beach in winter. Our beaches, like our weather, our teeth and vast swathes of our national cuisine, are an international...
5 Things To Do With Kids In London
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 59 CommentsI wasn’t born in London. But I lived in London from when I was five until I was seventeen, and then again from 21 to 35, and London feels like...
A Day At The Races
Posted on January 8, 2012 | 4 CommentsThe late, lamented Soho lush and gambler, Jeffrey Bernard, tells the story of a man named Antonio, a barman in one of his locals: “His addiction to matters concerning the...
“Home” for Christmas
Posted on December 24, 2011 | 16 CommentsAfter almost two years travelling Asia, we’re back in the UK for Christmas. On a lot of levels, I’ve been anxious about this for a while. It’s partly the adjustment...
