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Facing reality

I had a bit of a shock to the system – and a blow to my self-image and indeed self-esteem – on Friday. A younger member of the family was doing what people of her generation do from time to time, viz. downloading onto a computer some of the thousand or so photographs that she had taken on her [...]

November 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Well, it’s the 21st Century after all …

We’re all products of our own age, or perhaps that should be ‘… of our own lives between the ages of 18 and 24’? I like to think that I’m a liberal (with a small ‘L’) sort of a guy who embraces the proposition that we should all be able to do exactly what we want, provided of course [...]

November 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Passing my MOT

Yesterday I had my annual check up after which my doctor pronounced me “fit and well”. There is always the fear thet the dark skin pigmentation might be something more sinister or that the ECG should require a referral to a cardiologist “just in case”. I  like my doctor [...]

November 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Another day passes

Having begun my umpteenth and latest (rather vague) ‘fitness and dietary’ regime about two weeks ago, yesterday afternoon I forced myself to go to the gymnasium for 90 minutes at about 4.30pm. I like to think I never shy of challenging myself when it comes to such matters so I hope you will [...]

November 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Time and tide wait for no man

It was my 64th birthday yesterday, deliberately built around a splendid lunch of boeuf bourguignon, alcohol, a log fire and watching the Rugby World Cup with my father. Shortly after midday we had a visit from a local lady who had dropped in to see my parent and cracked open a bottle of champagne [...]

November 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / Andalucia, Worthing

I have heard only good things of Andalucia opened in 1988 by Manuel Quirosa and his wife Susan in the seaside town of Ferring just next to Worthing and when I went there yesterday I was mightily impressed. So many restaurant critics are London or metro driven that restaurants in the provinces will [...]

October 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Goodbye to an old chum

A lady of my acquaintance has endured a very tough week. She had to take her twelve year old dog to the vets yesterday to have him put down. I am a big fan of dogs – when I was young my parents had two brindle boxers in succession – but have only ever owned one in my life, a highly [...]

October 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

An out of town diversion

This week found me staying overnight in the vicinity of Oxford for a meet with a pair of girlfriends with whom I share dimming but fond memories of borrowing and yore (“Can I borrow your shoulder-wrap/blouse/brooch/high-heels/boyfriend …?). This gathering of the distaff clans inevitably [...]

October 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

brand names and games

The other day needing a navy sweater I decided to purchase one from John Lewis website. The brand was Tommy Hilfiger. It was more expensive than the John Lewis cashmere even though it was of lesser quality material but it did have the crucial Hilfiger motif. So consumers will pay more for that [...]

October 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard : Providores

I have been stood up for various reasons over the years but this week broke new grounds. I invited a heavy hitter, Julian, in the property world for breakfast at the Wolseley. He called if off as his army son was landing a helicopter on his front lawn. “Oh come on, Jules, you can tell Auntie [...]

October 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

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