I went to my nan this Saturday night, with my pup. She had received a call from my new uncle, an engineer, who was away on holiday with his new wife: He informed her that he was devastated that he would miss the X Factor final, which filled mine and nan’s evening. Apparently Euan Blair […]
I went running the other week with The Junior Research Fellow, who I allowed to run ahead of me while I went further on, in order that I could then turn after he had and try and catch him up by running fast. As I was doing this an elderly man in his seventies started […]
Just back in London for a few weeks, and received this email from my friend ‘gobbet’, named after a fragment of a historical source, pamphlet, or quotation. He likes being set gobbets in order to decipher their provenance. He is soon off to South Africa for a couple of weeks and sent me […]
Motivational Music
When I finish an academic treatise I am working on, hopefully by this Sunday, I will be able to give that update on events around town that I promised. Until then, I must give another interesting filler. I have never been one to buy music, and have only just warmed to this trend, on […]