“As I sat in my place, listening to the speeches, a very strong sense of calm came over me, after the intense passions and excitements of the last few days. I felt a serenity of mind and was conscious of a kind of uplifted detachment from human and personal affairs. The glory of Old England, […]
“So, I’m having trouble getting to sleep at the moment,” Seb says when he calls last night. “I’ve just got so much work to do and I fall asleep but I wake up every hour and…” “Maybe it would be a good idea to get back to boxing and the gym?” I say. “That will […]
“There’s a new pill you can take, made of house dust mites, that stops you being allergic to them,” Dad says. We’re in the car on the way to an important family event: my new baby cousin’s circumcision. “Yum,” I say. “Isn’t that what that weird allergy doctor recommended in the summer?” Mum says. “Don’t […]
No word from MediaChap since Saturday night and I can see that my WhatsApp message yesterday hasn’t been delivered. Maybe he has broken or even lost his phone. Or been kidnapped by aliens. It’s strange to think that in this day and age, where one can be connected to someone on so many different devices […]
Scars, Tears and Training Bras 