So: after almost twenty months, more Estate Agents than I ever hope to encounter again in the rest of my life, an architect, a team of builders and a deep immersion in the auction houses of London, I am moving into my new house this weekend. The children have already seen it and given it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Moving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bamboo, Best Friend, Family, Garden Joy, Garden Rage, House, Moving, Old Friend at Work, Parents, Sister on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Holiday – Part II: Gay Dads
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Best Friend, Family, Gay Dads, Gifted God Daughter, Longleat, Talented Art Director with Monkey Arms, Weston Super Mare, Wookey Hole on August 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Best Friend had to return to London during our holiday for a pitch, meaning that Talented Art Director With Monkey Arms and I were left in charge of the four children (my three and their daughter, Gifted God Daughter). It was a shame that she had to miss out, but it was great to spend [...]
Holiday – Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Best Friend, Family, Holiday, Talented Art Director with Monkey Arms on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I shall write in full about the latest holiday with the children and Best Friend and Talented Art Director With Monkey Arms. For the moment, just let me record that it was the most brilliant fun, and that the children seemed to love every second of it: I had been slightly nervous of a week [...]
Schooled by Radio 4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BBC Radio 4, Best Friend, Desert Island Discs, Family, Gyles Brandreth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lawrence Dalalg, Music on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ex-Wife is (as predicted) moving in with Man Who Looks Like Steve Buscemi, in North London. The children are staying at their current school, which is good as it’s clear that they don’t need any more disturbance, and she has been diligent about finding a way in which she can get them to and from [...]
New Job, Old Job
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Family, Great Researcher Whom I Like on July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I turned down the other job offer. I didn’t think I was going to this time (it is, after all, the third time that this network has offered me a job), but I did, after a chat with Great Researcher Whom I Like. She suggested that I focus on the stuff that matters: and the [...]
Heartbreak
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eldest Son, Family on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After I turned the lights off in Eldest Son’s bedroom, I lay down next to him and stroked his head and chatted with him. He started to rub his eyes. “Don’t rub your eyes, darling. It’s bad for them.” “I’m just wiping the tears away, Daddy.” “Why are you sad, darling?” “Because sometimes I think [...]
On Not Having A Willy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daughter, Eldest Son, Family, Freud, Nephew, Niece, Penis Envy, Willy, Youngest Son on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some years ago now, my children were all having a bath together – and having a great time. I had just gone to get their pyjamas, when I heard an appalling scream from Daughter: “Noooooooooooo!” – so I raced back in, seeing the boys’ giggling faces and Daughter’s face scrunched up in pain. “What’s wrong?” [...]
The Dressing Down That Wasn’t.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Discipline, Eldest Son, Family on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Me: “How is it that you seem to get away with so much more than everyone else, Eldest Son?” Eldest Son: “Because you told me that if I work hard at something, and because I am clever, I will manage to do it brilliantly, and I have worked really hard at getting away with more, [...]
“The Tudors” – A New Analysis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eldest Son, Family, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, Royal Family, Samuel Beckett, The National Portrait Gallery, Tudors, Youngest Son on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was driving the children to school on Monday morning, and Eldest Son was advising me of his perspective on the current Royal house. He has been (as all English children seem to – certainly I did, back in the mists of time), learning about Henry VIII and the Tudors. This has given me the [...]
