When the Berlin Wall went up, I was only a child, and it passed me by as one of those unfathomable things that grown-ups got up to, and Germ...

The new tent arrived today. It's a replacement for my old - very old - one that was given to me by Jean-Claude and his wife (cough) 3...

The loquats are coming ripe now - it's a race between us and the tui and woodpigeons. Already the lowest ones have been picked by other ...

I'm rather dismayed that the reaction of a couple of people to this story has been "Oooh, scary! I wouldn't want to go there !...

Watching an old episode of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' last night, I was thrown by Lucy Lawless appearing as herself and speaking in her ...

It's far too lovely a morning to spend sitting inside crouched over a keyboard, either working or playing with my blog. It's warm an...

... the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot." It's Guy Fawkes today and tonight there will be lots of bangs and crackles...