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 ‘Parents’
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 »
“The Power of Yes”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "All's Well That Ends Well", "Mother Courage and Her Children", "The Power of Yes", Alan Bennett, David Hare, Financial Crisis, Fiona Shaw, Me As A Protestant, Measure for Measure", National Theatre, Parents, Shakespeare on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well: I feel rather stupid. I thought I was off to the National Theatre to see “Mother Courage and Her Children” starring Fiona Shaw (a production that, in spite of its delayed Press Night and decidedly mixed reviews, I am assured by Me As A Protestant has rekindled a love for Brecht in him – [...]
Farewells – One Fond, One Not So Fond
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Account Manager About Whom I Have Changed My Mind, Best Friend, Christmas, Family, New York, Parents, Sister, Travesty of All Things Gay, Wife on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am loathe to use the term “Annus Horribilis” – primarily because I always try to avoid using terms popularised by in-bred, German midget bigots, but also because it has become such a cliche – but, I will be so glad to see the end of this year. With the exception of Sister’s and Best [...]
I am NOT Disinherited
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Disinherited, Parents on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, 27th January 2008 I was disinherited a couple of weeks ago. The emotional side of it was obviously rather upsetting – so upsetting in fact that I couldn’t write about it here. And then there were the financial implications: I wasn’t going to get anything in the will (Father has already said that the [...]
South Africa
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Parents, South Africa on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, 23rd February 2008 I haven’t been to South Africa in about 20 years (my parents, by way of contrast, go every February and March to escape the cold – and I can see why). This is the view from my balcony – and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better one: the mountains [...]
I Wake Up In A Cereal Commercial
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Easter, Family, Oldest Friend, Parents, Wife on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, 22nd March 2008 Good Friday saw my parents, Father-in-Law and Old Friend in TV join us for lunch – which was really enjoyable, the essential fish baked beautifully by Wife with wine and fennel and marjoram, and followed by a Pavlova with raspberries. The children were in a state of heightened excitement as Eldest [...]
