Ahem I was about to open a pile of birthday cards when I was encouraged first to open a bigger envelope addressed to me and Alli. The card contained the towering headline family news that Ella and Sam are having a baby. The information came with supporting evidence—a copy of a 16-week scan (just […]
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The hidden past of the bisexual pronoun Those of all political and cultural persuasions [...]
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BABY FAIRYLAND TWITTEN: March 2026
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QUOTIDIAN HAMMERHEAD HIPPO: February 2026
Ahem Rain and colder weather in southern England dominated the first few days of the [...]
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SCUDDED PROPRIETORIALLY TRIMMINGS: January 2026
Ahem, During this interminably long month of heaving weather, our far south-east corner, ancestral home [...]
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QUERYING PAKKELEG CONVULSED: December 2025
Ahem Our Christmas celebrations normally start after we celebrate Gwen’s birthday on the 12th, when [...]
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Ahem November’s weather became a lugubrious national talking point with deified weather presenters being lambasted for reporting what amounted to ‘gloomy’ weather. Grey clouds weighed down on southern England like the cover on a pressure cooker, but I wasn’t complaining. However, I did re-read Baudelaire’s Spleen, possibly the greatest poem ever on the multifarious subject […]