Ahem When my father was in Rome for a few days during his active RAF service in 1944 he wrote to my mother, then his […]
Ahem Alli’s cooking abilities have attained a higher level of quality than ever before. On a recent cookery course she was even overheard putting the […]
Ahem I miss not having a proper bonfire night, and regret that Halloween spreads itself fatly around and about the Samhain. Of course, All Hallows […]
Ahem As yet another year shoots across the failing sky at Samhain without so much as a holding of your horses or a by-your-leave or […]
Ahem This was a month of beauty and grace. Prime among the examples was the long-awaited wedding in Italy of Claudia Camozzi and my nephew […]
Ahem I have an admission. I live two lives; I have two loves. In real time every year since 1997 I devote over 11 months […]
Ahem Ella’s 17th birthday took place on the 20th, and we celebrated by having dinner together in Basel. She had just come back from England, […]
Ahem “There are more greenhouse gas emissions from cheeseburgers than from all the SUVs in the USA.” So starts Gwen’s self-produced leaflet “Go Veggie!”, a […]
Ahem My efforts to cycle more regularly to work were impeded by rain, which fell for too much of the month. When I did manage […]
Ahem The children have all been achieving great things this month, and Ella in particular won a very prestigious regional award, the Young Women in […]