Monthly Archives: September 2011

Apologies to Liverpool

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

People always seem to wind up saying sorry to Liverpool. By my calculations I have been to the Mersey city four times in my life. When I was 9 we went as a family to the newly created Albert Docks … Continue reading →

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Little things

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

I ride here every morning. This is my route to work. I unfold the Dahon and head up Deanway in Chalfont St Giles, turn on to Narcot Lane and bomb over through Chalfont St Peter and into Gerrard’s Cross and … Continue reading →

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From the train

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

It’s hard to write about how magnificent Britain looks from the train without sounding like some refugee from the Daily Mail so I won’t even try. Suffice to say that on Monday I had the pleasure of a pendolino from … Continue reading →

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Time I had some time alone: the end of REM

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

What gets burnt into your soul when you’re a teenager tends to stick with you. Some folk read The Catcher in the Rye and get a little too connected to trying to spot phoneys. I listened to REM. I listened … Continue reading →

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