Monthly Archives: April 2011

Oppostion is true friendship

I’ve never been a very blokey bloke. I’m not interested in football – or any other organised sport. Cars, to me, are things that get you from A to B, occasionally breaking down at point C, necessitating a call to … Continue reading

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Bittersweet Lucy Ellman

Poorly, elderly parents abound. I was convinced the other week that there was a great quote from the writer Lucy Ellman about the death of one’s parents. It was sad, it was witty, it was pithy. It was up there … Continue reading

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