Currently on a long-term project to return our Georgian windows to plain wood. Stripping away layers of lead-based paint exposes some curious colour preferences. When oh when was brown ever fashionab… (View Post)

A heatwave in September always seemed to coincide with the start of school after a dreary August. The first rugby tackle of the season on a rock-hard pitch. Dragging a packed satchel home with the lo… (View Post)

My favourite JCL college is Kellogg. Breakfast must be a treat, though. (View Post)

Rather like Oxbridge in the 1960s. (View Post)

I was in central France at the time and got the news on long wave accompanied by much hissing and fading. Later on, popped down to the boulangerie where the reaction was, indeed, OTT and un-British. … (View Post)