Ahem I have got to admit that I am still reeling from the experience of a sensational performance by the incomparable godfather of grunge Neil […]
Ahem Although I grew up in London and lived there for the best part of twenty years, went to school there for most of my […]
Ahem, All through the month there has been irritatingly uncertain weather coupled with scattered public holidays, and we have each packed in a full complement […]
Ahem Rain has been falling rather too often this month, great gallons of it bucketing down at the slightest hint of lowering cloud or greyish […]
Ahem The bureaucratic contortions of sending a dog from Switzerland to New Zealand indicate one of the most time-consuming assignments in human existence. Poor Licorice, […]
Ahem The Fasnacht, German Europe’s Mardi Gras, a controlled sequence of mayhem throughout Basel, has come, and, with a puff of multi-coloured confetti, a piccolo […]
Ahem After such a long Christmas holiday break, going back to work in early January had an unwelcome back-to-school feel about it, and I adjusted […]
Ahem, We had Alli’s parents, Laurie and Kay, to stay with us for a few days. The visit again amply demonstrated Laurie’s talents in the DIY arena. […]
Ahem This is the month that we all thought that winter would drift in, as there are rumours of snow on the lower reaches of the Jura, […]
Ahem With all this mist and mellow fruitfulness around, thoughts are turning to winter and even onward to Christmas although last month the weather continued to […]