So, last week water started dripping through a light fitting in my kitchen ceiling. Now let me be clear: this was not flooding. Flooding is a whole other universe of properly terrible. This was just an annoyance. But it was very, very annoying indeed. Naturally, therefore, I behaved as any rational person would, faced with …
Tag: history
Shoemaker, 5.6.19
Some families are born of Kings: Danny Dyer’s, for example. Some are born of D-Day heroes. Mine, on the other hand, is born of ditch-diggers and shoemakers. Nevertheless, even ordinary families have their legends. And there's a legend in our family that I ruined my brother’s life. But this isn't a story about me tying …
Beautiful, 10.2.14
I read somewhere that the mirrors in some shop changing rooms are designed to make us look slimmer. It may be an urban myth, but it’s a smart plan anyway. Clearly, if the answer to the question, ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ is 'yes', or if, in my case, if I miraculously look …