Today I sampled the delights of the 40th Annual Tweed, Aga and Barbour Show. The country show! A fine institution. All the little idiosyncrasies of country life all laid bare and on display. Having recently returned from the Real Deep … Continue reading
Today in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford I overheard what has to be a contender for the most pretentious remark ever uttered: Young geeky boy in sandals – ‘So why did you break up with her?’ Second young geeky … Continue reading
Ah! The bliss of being back in the safety of my own wi-fi. I know being on holiday and getting away from it all is supposed to be relaxing, but it really isn’t, not for me. I spent the whole … Continue reading
This year my heart was properly warmed at the sight of year 11s collecting their exam results, all dressed in their Reading festival gear. God bless them! All excited they were, and so they should be. For most of them … Continue reading
I have been a secondary school teacher now for two years. And if I thought I knew what it was to be universally loathed when I was a lawyer, well, that was just a walk in the park really. I … Continue reading