Science, World Schooling and, Ya Know, Stuff
After a long weekend in a castle – my “little” cousin, who, in my head, is still a rather sulky teen, but in reality is...
Category: England
I Haven’t Got This Coming Home Lark Right
Back in London, for the first time in 18 months, after more than three years away, I have a list of people I need to...
In an English Country Garden
We stayed up there, somewhere, around 20 of us in varying waves over the week, for a long-planned family reunion. The cousins practiced their best...
To Physio and Beyond
King’s Cross station, like the rest of London, has been quite ludicrously poshed up, although, reassuringly, there are still the same works underway that there...
Cities Change, But Some Things Stay the Same
It’s noon when we hit London, and Gatwick, an absolute armpit of an airport that’s currently being disimproved by overdue improvements. Once we’re past the...
Next Time I’m Getting A Flu Shot
Until, ooh, about six weeks ago, I was one of those irritating people who’d bang on and on about their marvelous immune system and how...
A Big Day Out
How much of London can you see in a single day? Armed with a London Pass and the very best intentions to get out of...
The Friday Photo: Tower Bridge
We’ve spent most of this week being tourists in London, which used to be our home town. And Tower Bridge, the late Victorian edifice that...
On the Politics of Museums
The more time we spend in museums around the world, the more I come to realise how very, very political they are. Take the National...
Travel Planning 2012 — Or, Getting My Sh*t Together, Sort Of
I had high hopes for our sojourn in Blighty. By approximately, umm, now, Z and I would have completed a whirlwind tour of the UK,...