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Party time

Yesterday I had my annual bash for locals. This is my third such social since I moved to the coast. I come from a sociable family and all my life recall parties – dinner and cocktail – given by my mother a highly competent hostess. I try to emulate her by getting the basics right of [...]

September 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Zippo’s circus

It’s been many years since I last went to a circus and yesterday I went with Jamie and his mother. Generally when entertaining him the enjoyment is a vicarious one watching his wonderment at the event. However I found Zippo’s circus, if not enthralling, certainly engaging. The circus is [...]

August 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Hacked off

Yesterday afternoon I remarked casually to Polly that I had not received any emails since 7-30 am and wondered whether something was wrong. I was aware that friends of mine had received messages from me not of my authorship and that my account may have been hacked. Polly explained that the service [...]

July 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Eden Project

I’m not intuitively either a green, Eco warrior or lover of plants or shrubs so the idea of spending 4 hours in the company of these did not fill me with much enthusiasm. However on a rainy day other attractions were not at my disposal so I joined the trip to the Eden project at St Austell. [...]

July 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Two Paulines In the News

My  old school St. Paul’s may not have produced 18 Prime Ministers like Eton, in fact just the one – Spencer Compton who succeeded Robert Walpole – but we have two finance ministers amongst our alumni dominating the news: George Osborne and Euclid Skalatos. The latter gave an [...]

July 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

This medical business

My father was an esteemed doctor but, after 11 hours of daily uninterrupted practice, the last thing he wanted to treat was any illness in the family. So we all became rather stoic. We also learned a lot about the medical business. One of the uses of a good doctor is to assess whether an operation [...]

July 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Mozart at Glyndebourne

Four things put me off opera : 1) most operas are sung in German, French or Italian and I find it hard to follow the super-titles and the stage; 2) that the cast can sing but are wooden actors; 3) that those who really like opera tend to be obsessives; 4) the corporates that have adopted it as part [...]

July 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

A wedding party

Yesterday I travelled from the coast to Newbury for a party to celebrate an old uni friend’s daughter’s wedding. There was an interesting article in the week on the pressure put on the modern wedding guest in terms of time and money. Polly is in deepest Devon with Grania  as part of [...]

June 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Memory lost

In the week I was invited to Scotland Yard for a lunch and  briefing by Assistant Commisioner Mark Rowley. As it was confidential I cannto share the contents with you as Tickler would be clapped in irons and taken  to the Tower . The Commissoner had 8 points to make and with my failing memory I [...]

June 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Carmen/Glyndebourne

I  have never been wholly been convinced by Glyndebourne and not being an opera buff the less well known ones elude me. It also is rather expensively corporate on the one hand, a Glastonbury for grown ups on the other. However having moved nearby and wishing to participate in cultural life I duly [...]

June 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

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