Christmas Diary
My pre-new-year resolution for this diary entry is to resist the temptation to write about the credit crunch, global warming, the bankers, George Osborne, the Pope, the stock exchange, Governor Sarah Palin, the Daily...
Category: Family Today
Diary of a[nother] cruise
We returned, J and I, on Sunday from another cruise, this time aboard the biggest and newest ship in the UK cruise fleet, P&O's Ventura. Our private ship's log, or diary, of the two...
Ephems on holiday
Ephems is going on holiday tomorrow (14/11) until end September and is fearful about what will have happened while it’s away [More >>>>]
In celebration of Alan Sillitoe at 80
Alan Sillitoe is 80 on 4 March 2008: author of 81 books so far in every known category — and counting: radio ham, traveller, map collector, holder of numerous literary awards and academic honours and the least pretentious of famous men, his birthday’s worth celebrating [More >>>]
Christmas in Brussels
J and I spent five days over Christmas with son O and daughter V in Brussels, and were very pleasantly surprised. I was last there with a large, predominantly Canadian military and civilian group...
Thoughts on England
Brian’s contribution to the series “What England means to me”, at http://whatenglandmeanstome.co.uk/?p=94, reproduced here in full [More >>>]
Another cruise diary — and pictures
Read a diary of a cruise on Arcadia, see some pictures and reconsider your prejudice against the cruise phenomenon [More >>>>]
Ephems suspended for a while (with update 18 July)
The bad leg remains infected and further treatment looms, so Ephems posts on G Brown, A Campbell (his book), the daft row with Putin and other tasty issues will just have to wait a while [More >>>]
A hospital diary, June-July 2007
Six cheers at least for the National Health Service whose guest I have been at a big teaching hospital for a week with an infected leg. Massive improvements since last NHS hospital experience some years ago: impeccable medical and nursing care and exhaustive tests revealing new and unsuspected conditions [More >>>]