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Many years ago – less than ten but not more than eight, when I was four kids down and newly back to work in a part time role, I found myself at an awards ceremony for lawyers. I got sat … Continue reading →

I have had increasingly irksome middle-aged ailments come at me recently, but not recently in the kind of way that you actually DO anything about them. Much more slowly, lichen-like, or like the slow growth of stalactites where you start with a … Continue reading →

We are two men down and everything is quiet, so quiet. Barnaby is having a most excellent time at university, enchanted by learning Russian and being introduced to art history and Wagner, although less enamoured by the liberal arts part … Continue reading →

Today, I bought one packet less of the fresh bagels on my way back from the Portobello Sunday morning run/crawl, because this morning, we are one person down. Last night, when I once again rolled up the window blind in … Continue reading →

I thought, when I was a younger person, with a neck that still swivelled gracefully and hair that hadn’t yet begun to thin, that having a lot of children wasn’t going to be very expensive. The rationale was that they … Continue reading →

Remi has become frightened of the toilet. He says that while he was at nursery, someone flushed the toilet that was filled with way too much toilet paper (every parent of a small child recognises this scenario) and the water … Continue reading →