I went for a longer than usual hack the other day with some friends – past the Spooky Trees (a lot of mishaps there in the past!), up the Sheep Field (now empty of livestock and ideal for a canter), left onto… Read more →
I’m still with my Olympic memories, remembering how huge the Olympic Park was, and how much there was to see and do there. On hearing that our £75 tickets were for only three quarters of an hour of the synchronised swimming I… Read more →
The Olympics, or more accurately watching team GB having a marvellous time winning medals, has driven a London bus through my resolution to cut down on my TV viewing. Earlier this year I had been determined to do something about the hours… Read more →
I had a wonderful three days at the Olympic Equestrian Eventing at Greenwich Park with friend L. Travelling up there was surprisingly easy and by securing accommodation at a hotel nearby we just had to walk through the park every evening to… Read more →
I am trying to work up some enthusiasm for the Olympics but the weather is making this very difficult. When you read this column, I shall already have been up there, enjoying the Equestrian Eventing in Greenwich Park. I have watched horses… Read more →
I had never been to a book launching in my whole life, despite attending writing seminars and belonging to various book clubs. (I don’t count being in the audience for a live BBC Book Club recording by ‘Jim’ Naughtie a few years… Read more →
Many years ago I stood for a few miserable hours in the foyer of a supermarket in Portslade shaking a tin for the RSPCA – we were allowed to make a rattle in those days. It was very dispiriting which is why… Read more →
I think I owe an apology to two unknown men who were in the Sussex Cricketer last week. I was meeting up with three women friends for our monthly chance to chew over the fat. The pub was almost empty when we… Read more →
I attended a funeral of a dear friend last week. It was a burial, which to me always seems to represent a more meaningful, if harrowing, ceremony than a cremation. I was reminded of a slightly surreal shopping expedition I carried out… Read more →
I am pleased and very relieved to announce that the new Tortoise Towers is up and functioning. The whole of the previous wooden fence and the plastic netting on top, used by Ernie, Mr T and Brian to bounce and swing themselves… Read more →
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