A life on two wheels
So I started cycling. Having lived in this city for over a decade, cycling is not something that has ever taken my …
Vignettes – 10/06/11
After work I wandered into a Marks & Spencer food hall trying to decide what to buy for dinner. The next thing …
The Royal Wedding in pictures
(All photos taken either by myself or S) We had a pretty good vantage point along Horse Guards Road. I’m reasonably tall …
Returning to Pudding Island
Forgive me, I have just finished reading William Boyd’s masterful Any Human Heart and in it he refers to the UK as …
The view from the bridge
The weather in London today was impossibly good. Dark, sapphire skies. A primal bright yellow sun. A friend had stayed over and …
The East End
I spent Sunday at my brother and his girlfriend’s place in East London. Other family came over too and we went out …
Vignettes – 15/01/2011
A friend’s birthday. Well, colleague really – who I now count as a general friend. North London – Highgate. What transpired to …
Vignettes – 26/11/10
A busy day at work punctuated by a rare trip to the gym mid-afternoon. For the first time in a long time …