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Past My Sell by Date
In the holiday between Christmas and New Year the stillness of short dreary days is punctuated with bracing walks and meals. Perhaps its more accurate to [...]
How to have a Smashing Time
Some of my relationships have brought great joy. Some have been transitory. Some have been long lasting and deep. None has been quite as shattering as [...]
Parlour Games
The Artist, the one who drives the Rollscanardly, told me that her family played a lot of parlour games when she was growing up. Her siblings [...]
Professional Whispering
My friend, Septic Tank, likes to watch films with the audio description on. It saves her husband the bother of having to listen out for that [...]
A Moment that Changed the World
"The moment has come. Centuries from now almost all human beings have lost the ability to see." So says the trailer for #Apple TV's new series [...]
Through the Big Door
"Where's the exit?' I asked, trying to beat a retreat from Café Nero Piccadilly. "First door," my tea drinking companion replied. If you have ever been [...]
Help is at Hand
In the six months that I have been working form home, I have been meaning to secure my passwords, which are now abundant. I'm with an [...]
The Bee in my Bonnet
I've been cursing the turn of the month and the annual arrival of bees up the nose which are a fair indication that the start of [...]