2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
Earlier today, on a message board that I still read occasionally, people were arguing about the correct pronunciation of a French perfume house, and finally agreeing on an incorrect one, so… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
In the episode of Ugly Betty that was broadcast on Sunday, on ITV, Mark said to Betty, after learning she was starting a blog, ‘Oh, welcome to six years ago... [PAUSE] That was uncalle… Read More
2010-11-04 13:42
Now that our hard-earned cash isn’t going to subsidise Mr Ross’s extravagant lifestyle* any longer – who on earth needs, or deserves, a salary of £6m a year – I… Read More
2010-11-04 13:41
It would never occur to a printer (not the human kind – the noisy, breakable one) to poof off BEFORE a new – extortionately priced – ink cartridge has been put in (and cann… Read More
2010-11-04 13:41
Yesterday, for the third time in a couple of weeks, I saw a woman wearing fur at my local supermarket. Her coat looked vintage (don’t you just love the way ‘second-hand’ be… Read More
2010-09-10 11:36
Why, oh why?Slap! Read More
2010-09-10 11:33
I’m sitting here writing a post for Les Planches d’Outre-Manche with the TV on (with the sound off and out of my line of vision – the ideal setup) and I’ve just glanc… Read More
2010-09-10 11:33
Update (1/01/10): I hope you all had a good time last night. But not too good. To check the state of your gall-bladder, visualize a piece of toast dribbling with melted butter. If you instan… Read More
2010-01-01 15:42
The media don’t report the rocket attacks the Israelis are subjected to on a daily basis so everyone can express outrage when, at the end of their tether, the real victims decide to re… Read More
2009-12-28 22:47
A lot of parcels get lost in the post in the UK. Millions of them every year, and probably a high percentage of those around now since so many are foolishly entrusted to Royal Mail before Ch… Read More
2009-11-17 03:11
The story goes that the great art critic John Ruskin refused to consummate his marriage to his young bride because he was horrified at finding she had pubic hair. He was used to seeing paint… Read More
2009-10-23 21:35
1990 - I’m having an ultrasound on my right eye at Moorfields. I am anxious, but not overly so because the symptoms I’ve been experiencing are the same as those I had seven years… Read More
2009-10-22 12:53
As the New York Times reported on 5 October, ‘[from 1 Dec 2009] The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly d… Read More
2009-09-05 22:20
...to enjoy this Read More
2009-07-10 14:32
…another blight on my life.For over 20 years, I could never enjoy the sunshine* because summer was my busiest period (all the other French translators being away for ‘les grande… Read More
2009-06-29 11:21
I’ve already mentioned my erstwhile friend Diana, who sublet her Notting Hill Gate flat to me when I moved to London in 1979 (Small pleasures from small favours). For the first six mon… Read More
2009-06-15 00:08
I’ve been digitizing old cassette tapes and feel I cannot deprive my readers of this treat one moment longer.I was big in Mali and Niger in the early 90s. Easy to see why, innit? Read More
2009-04-22 22:35
Just back from my yearly ‘book bath’ at Earl’s Court. Exhausted, but happy: the future of books is not in danger and the quality seems higher than usual – certainly h… Read More
2009-04-13 14:42
I used to read quite a few blogs; I don’t any longer. Over the past year or so, I have gradually stopped reading blogs about topics I don’t really care about; blogs that don&rsqu&hell…Read More
2009-03-17 03:51
You wouldn’t expect the Swedes to trick people, would you? They are so straightforward, so no-nonsense, so blond, so healthy, so attractive… but I digress… I usually visi… Read More
2009-02-04 03:55
Last year I wrote about the reader’s block that had afflicted me for a long time and how I had managed to conquer it (see The book freeze). It worked very well for a while and then I h… Read More
2008-12-02 17:21
I just think that a PC from a reputable maker, in the hands of someone who’s been using a computer for nearly 20 years and who knows what she’s doing, should last longer than 16… Read More
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