I’m getting deeper and deeper into the weeds of finding a neighbourhood to live. I’ve sorted out the schools now, I believe – the only piece of analysis I will…
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I’m reading Oliver Burkeman’s much-recommended Four Thousand Weeks and I’m not really sure about it. It’s highly relevant to me as I’m exactly the kind of person he often uses…
We are just back from a short trip to Sorrento in the ankle of Italy and, well, it wasn’t terrible, but it was a lot of work for a holiday…
It’s Stomach Bug Day, that popular festival aimed at families that comes around several times a year (unannounced). It’s a bit like Michael McIntyre’s Midnight Game Show but with vomit…
To be a serious professional these days, you have to check LinkedIn at least twice an hour. Every good blog post starts with a fact, and that’s mine. Usually you…
The house hunt is slowly starting up again. I’ve gone back to my big schools spreadsheet with two key improvements – adding Croydon as an additional borough, because a friend…
Since having children, I reckon I’ve spent the night away from them four times. Twice because I had to go into hospital – one of those felt like a bit…
The boys have continued their tag-teaming efforts to keep us up at night: when it’s not one of them screaming his head off it’s the other. I can’t remember when…
Some funny conversations with the 3-year-old: He: Äiti, I have a game for you!Me: Oh really, what is it?He: I don’t know. It might be a clock? Cal: Okay, it’s…
I watched and enjoyed Vardy v Rooney, a dramatisation of the Wagatha Christie trial that took place last year. It seems very likely to me that Rebekah Vardy had been…