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Gita Bapat
It's brown
...which is just a darker shade of beige.
This year's It Colour is "Mocha Mousse." Already we see it appearing everywhere.
A few years ago white was de rigeur in all modern interiors. Which looked beautiful (if, in my view, dull) until it was covered with
Norfolk
I'm lucky enough to have a little place in North West Norfolk, about 25 minutes from the seaside. I love it there for the fresh air, the dark, starry skies and the wildlife.
Here are some of my favourite pictures:
The Canadian
There's something romantic and epic about long train journeys. I have travelled for days across India and China by train, where your carriage becomes a village with all its assorted characters and their comings and goings. (The reality is not as romantic, of course). Sadly, I think I&
Montreal
My son James chose to go to university in Montreal, and was eventually offered training for a job and accommodation there by the father of his girlfriend. In October 2021, in Covid times, on my way back to hermetic Hong Kong from London I had to spend three "washout&
Goodbye Meta (well, as much as possible)
In the end I went with my gut instinct.
You'll know how I switched from Twitter to Bluesky fairly early but kept my Twitter account because of friends I'd made there and because I was running my Samaritans Branch Twitter feed and because my LibDem candidacies
Please don't throw sticks for my dog
"Who has been throwing things for this dog?"
My gundog trainer friend knew, immediately. Cringing with embarassment I stammered something about lots of visitors over Christmas but I knew exactly what had happened. It had taken one weekend, one walk by the seaside to ruin my dog'
