Christmas in anecdotes
Ohhh, that’s very retro… isn’t it? - Mother to me, on seeing my hair cut What do you mean we’re not going to …
There was no reason for it not to be nice
It could have been nice. There was no reason for it not to be nice. It was just that we’d gone our …
Christmas in numbers
Return train ticket – £22 People on Christmas day – 12 Church visits – 0 Presents received (Christmas day) – 6 Presents …
Merry Christmas
I’m at home with the family where I spend every Christmas. As a child I had very large Christmases where we would …
Daddy daddy, if you could only see
Not this weekend just gone – but the one before – I saw my father for the first time in 2.5 years. …
Dad and me – 1957
Daddy taking a break from the BBQ in West Covina, California, circa 1957. Mother took the picture and you can see her …
Post-Christmas reflections
This video just seems apt somehow. Jump for joy and then breathe a sigh of relief. It’s over for another year. In …
Sons and mothers
Out tonight for drinks at a wine bar in Leicester Square (not, you’ll be relieved to hear, on the awfully touristy main …