In Witch Week, a book by Diana Wynne-Jones one of the central characters writes his school diary in a code. One of his codes for ‘I hate this school’ is ‘I got up’ and the first day in the book he writes; ‘I got up. I Got Up. I GOT UP!’, well in my code … Read More

I was talking to a friend of mine from Royston Vasey earlier today, I think it’s appropriate to call him Norah Batty from now on. Anyway Norah B was reckoning that me and him and our friend Late Lunchtime ought to get together for a drink in the Green County sometime soon. I think we … Read More

Just spent Doctor Who playing spot the Christie title…

If you were living in a country about to become a fascist dictatorship where would you emigrate to? Me, New Zealand, I can speak the language easily, it was the first country in the world for female suffrage and the only British colony to give something of a fair deal to the native population ergo … Read More

Generally speaking yesterday was a good day. I had a good day out in the garden followed by some catching up with Maths Quaker, after which I thought my bike had been stolen… uh… it hadn’t. I’d just left it at My Gentleman Friend’s place and walked to Maths Quaker’s place somehow thinking that I’d … Read More