Today is my birthday. I already feel a whole year older, if not a whole year wiser. Amongst the many generous gifts I have received, the people of the United Kingdom and Ireland have decided to hold their World Book Day today1, rather than on 23 April, which is when the rest of the world will celebrate its love of books. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Judt was an eminent historian. He wrote acclaimed books, he wrote for the New York Review of Books, he was a university professor. He was an intellectual, but in the best possible sense of the word. He was a public intellectual. In 2008, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehig’s Disease. By October 2009 he was paralysed from the neck down. He died in August last year. Read the rest of this entry »
So, a little over a week ago I got married. I’m not entirely sure my writing can do justice to the day. It is so easy to fall into clichés, as it was the best day of my life, it did go far too quickly and I am so, so very happy to have married the love of my life. Read the rest of this entry »
I never used to like coffee. As a kid I was far more inclined to have a glass of orange squash or, if I was lucky, a can of carbonated pop. As I got older I tried coffee more, but it quite often left me a jittery mess. And once I was old enough to drink alcohol, I struggled to understand why anyone would spend as much on a cup of coffee as they would on a pint of beer. Read the rest of this entry »
I enjoyed posting a cartoon last week, and it is a whole lot easier than actually thinking of something to write. I may well make it a regular feature. If I remember. So, anyway, without any further ado, here is this week’s Friday Funny.
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Wait until next year 