Leave those celebs alone!
I was at my local park the other day, watching my sons playing tennis, and spotted the Mayor of London on another court; blonde hair flying, Hawaiian shorts a go-go. It was quite exciting. No, he wasn’t dressed like in this picture. He was on his day off. Read More…
Britain’s first designer William Kent
If you walk down The Mall past Horseguard’s Parade, or down Whitehall past the Treasury you will be passing two buildings by the Georgian architectural genius William Kent. Read More…
Shock! Horror! PM opts to send his child to a state secondary
So, David Cameron is going to send Nancy to state secondary. Maybe even this one, St Marylebone, where my eldest daughter goes. This is the poster for the Orchestra’s tour to Berlin. Read More…
Coming to terms with my intolerance
I do have special skills. I am very good at fancy dress costumes. I am great at parallel parking. But I am maddeningly intolerant of a few things. Litter is one. When I walking around the streets of Islington, I have a tendency to remind people who drop litter that there are several bins within easy reaching distance, and would they very much mind utilising them.? Read More…
When getting your children to do as you say is IMPOSSIBLE
It used to be so easy. When one’s children were sitting on your knee, waving their chubby hands. Bit like Prince George. Read More…
Dump the kitchen and have coffee with the neighbours .. sometimes
And so it came to pass that decent coffee arrived at last in my part of Islington. And lo! The multitude did flock to the little cafe and ate of the sourdough bread and drank of the Americano and knew that it was good. And it was good. And neighbour said unto neighbour; “It’s just as well that we didn’t have a huge row about that noisy party you had recently, because otherwise that would have been a very embarrassing cup of coffee.”
What Not to Wear
And so to Round Two Thousand of the debate about what us ladies should wear on screen. Or not. It’s the sports reporters at Sky, this time, being lambasted for being too glamorous.
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The Mass Culture Experience
This is the queue outside the Palace of Versailles today, July 30. About one kilometre long, should it be unwrapped from the court of the Palace. I counted 12 coaches outside, too. Versailles is a mass experience. Is this a bad thing? People barging through the Hall of Mirrors, tripping over the ropes that cordon off the Royal Bed of Louis XIV, taking photos by the door through which Marie Antoinette fled with the young Dauphin when the Revolutionary mob were baying at the gates. Read More…
Don’t worry, be happy
Violin Saga
Here is Honey practising her violin. She’s got her back turned to me because she is a bit GRUMPY about having to practise every morning. But then that is what comes from saying Oooh I want to take my Grade Five in, er three months. Daily practise. Read More…
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