Month: January 2012

  • I am always rattling on about The Bishopsgate Singers, who meet at the Bishopsgate Institute every Monday night and are like my homies, as it is the only choir that I started from scratch, and did  not inherit.  We are in one hall, learning pop and world by ear, while the  massively marvellous sounding Royal…

  • I remember someone saying this to me. I also recall the comedian Dylan Moran  (a favourite of mine) in his tip top show  ‘Black Books’ making the rapid retort when another character told him they  loved him. “Baked me a cake then” Some call it ‘active’ rather than  ’emotional’ love, the sort of thing you…

  • Here is Mr P. (still suffering from all that dental work) and I enjoying a bowl of porridge this morning – though you would not know from our expressions! Feeling a little like we are posing  in a Dutch Masterpiece. Yes…Welcome to our humble abode. The camera was balancing on the sink when I took…

  • This post is all about the  British Telephone Kiosk. Yup – I am seriously scraping the bottom of the post-u-lar ( I know I know!) barrel. I am spending my saturday evening posting about blinking telephone kiosks. Could my life get any more exotic or exciting? I took a couple of photos of 2 kiosks…