- 3 July 2012
One of my favourite people in the world is Martha, in whose house I stay...
- 26 June 2012
Every year from September through until June, I have at least one BIMM student staying...
- 19 June 2012
I have now been letting rooms in my house for over ten years and would...
- 12 June 2012
I have recently returned from Stoke on Trent, where I orchestrated the letting-out of my...
- 6 June 2012
I am writing this column on a very long train journey to Stoke-on-Trent. I have...
- 29 May 2012
Lord only knows what opinion of England my Korean student will be taking back to...
- 22 May 2012
Much as I love my older children, I often wish they would leave home. I...
- 15 May 2012
There is a bit of a calamity going on, as to which school The Small...
- 1 May 2012
I had a big birthday party at the weekend, jointly with my friend Mr P...
- 24 April 2012
Having spent the best part of the last 10 years avoiding travelling by budget airline,...
- 17 April 2012
Forgive me if I’m covering old ground now, but I don’t know if I’ve ever...
- 10 April 2012
I returned from the boiling hot Maldives to a pretty chilly Blighty – this was...