It's been a pretty sad week by all accounts. Tuesday brought us the terrible news that Kate Spade had taken her own life, and before we'd had time to get our heads around that, on Friday it transpired that Anthony Bourdain had done the same. Of course the tributes on social media started pouring in [...]
Category: Thoughts
Bedtime Reading – The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
As you know, I was a little under the weather last week. It was nothing life threatening, just a nasty cold, but given that we've had a tough couple of weeks it took the wind out of my sails a little and I had to take some leave and rest up. I'm not very good [...]
My Top Tips for Surviving a Cold
It feels weird writing this a few days later, while basking in a glorious mini-heatwave that has hit us this weekend, but I succumbed to a cold a few days ago. That is not particularly alarming news to anyone, I'm sure, because it's not exactly a life threatening or rare condition. It was alarming to [...]
Weird People Who Catch My Bus #5 – Train Problems
Once upon a time bus rants were a regular feature of this blog. Having to catch the bus was a frequent frustration of mine. I mean, no-one really likes having to rub shoulders with that many strangers in the morning before they have even managed to have a decent cup of coffee, do they? Especially [...]
