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Month: September 2015

From Rome to Milan – via Boston

No not me, but a series of books. Readers may remember my first Italian trip was as a spectacularly unsuccessful au pair, paired with a family of four: two vegans, one alcoholic and one nymphomaniac – or so others described them. The vegan part was accurate. And the second visit was as part of my […]Read Post ›

Just another week in the life …

I’m not a fan of ID cards. I’m a big believer in guilty until proven innocent, no, let me rephrase, innocent until proven guilty but that’s rather passé these days. ID cards, CCTV, countless checks for this that and the other get in the way of the average person in the street, create yet more […]Read Post ›

Hollow man or hollow reviews?

Madrid, Pamplona, Côté d’Azur, Paris. Assassination of a Prime Minister during the Franco era, hostages at a British embassy, a plane crash killing hundreds of people, Basque terrorist group ETA. A shady American analyst who teams up with a glamorous MI6 agent. Sounds good? The Hollow Man, by Paul Hollis, has all the ingredients of […]Read Post ›

‘I’m free!’

A get out of gaol free card. Well, more or less. Almost like escaping from hospital! Last year, Partner was called for jury service. ‘That will be an interesting experience for you,’ I said loftily, having sat in more court rooms than you could poke a stick at. My first court experience was at school. […]Read Post ›

Cats and dogs

Anyone who shares their life with animals knows how easy it is to fall into the habit of anthropomorphising. To the extent that some of us write dog and cat blogs on behalf of our companion animals. In a way, it’s a fun and creative way to write, and gives us chance for the most […]Read Post ›

Money 🎶 money 🎶 money 🎶

Gibraltar has a lot of things for a small place. What it doesn’t have is a lot of banks. Or rather, it doesn’t have a lot of banks for plebs. If you have a couple of hundred grand to plonk in a current account then there is Lloyds TSB International, Jyske, Hambro, Schroeders, and various […]Read Post ›

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