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We are now back in Britain, so, though we moved to France, we are no longer there. There is still a Conservative government here, and the weather is considerably cooler, but other than that, life is as good as ever. The first person to guess correctly where we are going to live in the comments [...]

As with everything in life, recommendations from people must always be taken with a pinch of salt, but when everyone recommends a place to you, it means two things: 1) it is probably worth visiting; and 2) if you visit on a Sunday in July, you better be prepared for a crowd! As our Australian [...]

As I rarely update this blog to do much other than to say “this has happened” or “that just occured” you’ll perhaps not be surprised to learn that I’m back to make another such announcement today. For those of you who still possess an attention span longer than 30 seconds – difficult in the modern [...]

Yesterday was a strange day, but more importantly, yesterday was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. It was, quite simply, one of those days. As we rose at 4am, having slept approximately 4-5 hours in the past two nights – something about having to fit your entire life into 25 [...]

I wrote a post ages ago, back in 2007, that I updated in 2009, about Transfering Money Internationally, after I had done just that using the internet and a serviced called “Tranzfers“. Since then, though many things have changed (the exchange rate being one of them – dramatically so) I still recommend this service to [...]

A week on Saturday, it is more than just the Aintree Grand National, it is also the last full day Linda and I will be spending in the British Isles for, on Sunday 11th April, we shall be moving to France for 6 months, with no immediate plans to return. This is my announcement, for [...]

There are things in my life that I am hugely proud of. There are key events which have befallen me, both planned and unplanned, from which rich vein I shall be able to dredge happy anecdotes aplenty to see me well through my golden years, I’m sure. There are many projects I have begun and [...]

I still can’t work out what I like best: reviewing things; or eating sandwiches. Today I’m going to be reviewing the Agatha Christie’s Poirot that is scheduled to go out on ITV 1 at 9pm on Christmas day while eating sandwiches. Read all about it in The Global Herald later, but first, enjoy some of [...]

Please forgive me if, on some strange whim, you subscribed to our RSS feed at some point in the past two years hoping for a regular update as to my state of mind, or even some occassional outburst of mirth or merriment at some more of life’s foibles like in the good old heady days [...]

This article was originally published on the 4th June 2009 – and has had to be moved after Google bestowed the title “Lord of the Internet” upon me officially a fortnight later. Yesterday was one of those days where I went through the soul-mangle and emerged, this morning, feeling inspired despite smelling of whisky and [...]