A starry early morning walk today – the demands of a hectic travel schedule for work meant that I set the alarm for 5am in order to get an hour’s walk in before leaving on an early train. I listened to the BBC Radio Three Arts and Ideas podcast about insects, colours and Virginia Woolf. … Continue reading →

A totally gorgeous winter morning today – cold but bright. So after spending a frustrating 90 minutes this morning getting sucked down a rabbit-hole of work emails (why do I look at them when I’m on holiday? Why? What is wrong with me?), I set out for a longer walk with the dog today. An … Continue reading →

This year for Lent (and then some) I am taking something up – rather than cutting something out. My life doesn’t include enough exercise, the dog needs to get out, and I need to do something easy, inexpensive and possible to undertake anywhere. So I have set myself the challenge of walking for an hour … Continue reading →

I have become, over the past few weeks, ever more disillusioned with the dispiritingly moral bankruptcy of political reality in the UK. To the extent that I’d like to sign up to whatever peculiar Aaron Sorkin inspired cult exists that will allow me to absorb myself in a fantasy-world where the leader of the free … Continue reading →