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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
“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 »
Marmalade Frenzy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Best Friend, Daughter, Family, God Daughter, John Cusack, Madrid, Making Marmalade, Marmalade, Penelope Cruz, Richmond, Seville Oranges, Stoke Newington, Talented Art Director with Monkey Arms, Tom Hardy, Unfeasibly Attractive Girlfriend on February 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
On the weekends when I don’t have my children, and if I’m not bound for Madrid (where Unfeasibly Attractive Girlfriend) is temporarily based, I prefer to be busy (busy as in “bordering on the “Up phase of a manic-depressive” “), and so I have been looking at ways of doing something that I can devote [...]
A Losing Game
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eldest Son, Family, Family Game, Inception, Jeremy Paxman on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was playing a game with Eldest Son this weekend: a game which he has created. This means that he has drawn the playing cards that are used (some very impressive dragons, monsters and “creatures of deep evil”, to quote his evocative and sinister phrase) to which he has accorded various powers. It’s “Top Trumps” [...]
Here we go, then…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Divorce, Family, Fiona Shaw, Jim Davidson on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In what is possibly the least hotly anticipated return to any public arena since the announcement of Jim Davidson’s return to stand-up comedy, I’m back. You will be keen for updates: “But just what HAS he done with all his books now?”, “Have his children discovered new ways to swear in front of priests?”, “Has [...]
Talk-back Tot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eldest Son, Family on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To parents’ evening last night with Temporary Wife. All went pretty much as expected, and there was that rewarding feeling that the teachers responsible for our children’s education could at least identify them (as opposed to the woman who taught them in their Nursery year, from whom one got the distinct feeling that she couldn’t [...]
Out of Darkness, Light
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Divorce, Family, Friendship on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t worry: I’m not going to go into Catholic overdrive on you – and I’m still pretty shell-shocked by the discovery of my wife’s affair, so it will be a short one – but it’s worth noting that one of the good things that’s come out of this devastating turn of events is the support [...]
New Year, New Life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Divorce, Family, Wife on January 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well – at least it makes some sort of sense in terms of helping me remember dates: not normally a strong point of mine… Last night, I found out that Wife has been having an affair since Summer: an old school friend of hers. So, we’ll be getting divorced and putting an end to nearly [...]
Lurking Vitamins
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eldest Son, Family, Vitamins, Wife on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wife made muffins for breakfast this morning (not proper ones, but those American cup-cake things) – not because she actually IS Doris Day, but because we didn’t have any bread in the house and she decided that it was actually easier to make these than to go out and get some bread. Anyway, she used [...]
Birthday Boy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Best PA in the World, Birthday, Daughter, Enthusiastic Account Guy, Family, Fearless Leader, Old Friend at Work, Royal Albert Hall, Swearing Account Director, The Messiah, Wife on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m 39. I began the day with a fantastic pile of presents from the children (ie: from Wife), with Daughter providing a commentary to my opening of every present that was expertly timed to reveal what the content of each parcel was JUST before I opened it: “That one’s a book, Daddy.”; “That one’s chocolates…” [...]
Saints’ Tales for Children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daughter, Eldest Son, Family, Saints' Tales for Children, St John the Baptist, St Martha, St Michael, Wife, Youngest Son on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If anyone is interested in knowing about a gap in the market (and, I dare say, a market in the gap) then stories of the Saints, told for children (ie: the cool bits, with only a glancing dose of holiness) is a real opportunity. This half term’s homework has been for each of our children [...]
