If you knew sushi like I know sushi…
My second day in Tokyo, and I’m still like a kid in a toyshop. If it weren’t for the fact that these plates are standing on end, and that gravity-resistant…
Where are all the wasps?
Sitting in the garden over dinner recently, some friends and I wondered what happened to all the wasps? According to recent headlines, there are killer wasps murdering and maiming the…
The things you nearly throw away
I have annoyed more than a few people with my hoarding habits, particularly with regard to books. I try to improve, but there are things which I simply cannot throw…
Battersea in Winter
A view from under the railway bridge opposite Chelsea Harbour yesterday at around 4.00pm. I’ve always found this a rather ghostly and time-warped place. It doesn’t matter how many new…
Happy New Year 2006
Picture: London at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Happy New Year to everyone who passes by here now and then! May you live in peace, enjoy what you do, and…
The Rain-mate revisited
Little did I know, when Christopher Hampson and I went in search of the rain-mate 8 years ago (see this old entry), that of all the blog topics that might…