I have been in Cornwall for a week. A week of doing very little in the company of all my children and I have to say that it was in every way delightful. We had multiple simultaneous Scrabble tournaments going
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“On The Good Ship Palaeontologist” Never Worked For Shirley
One Good Crustacean Deserves Another
Since we last spoke I have mostly been talking. I know that to some of you this will come as no great surprise: “Huh” you might say “That is no great surprise, the man seldom shuts up with his drivelling
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Brashly He Demanded Brunch In Bristol Without Brouhaha
Those of you who know me well will realise that I am quite a good natured fellow most of the time. Content to let life bob along happily while waving at passers by and admiring the view. I am not
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The Juggernaut Was Pelted With Cowrie Shells
I have been to Devon which is usually a pleasure but this visit was particularly delightful. At least it became delightful once I got there after much panicky rushing about missing the train due to a bit of a snarl
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His Braces Were Tailored From Organic Lasagne
Today I attended my first RHS Council Meeting. In diligent preparation, I read whole wedges of paper about importantly important things. Some of them are stamped Confidential in large red letters. Being in the Cabinet must be a little like
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The Key To A Distant Parallelogram
Yesterday, I creosoted the doors to a barn. I realise that, as opening sentences, this is not up there with the classics. Nowhere near “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins”(i) or “He – for there could be
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The Dermatologist Wept As The Lobster Shimmied
August seems to be bringing out the listlessness in me. It is something to do with the weather and the fact that loads of people seem to be on holiday. I know that I should be using this month to
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“Succulence In All Things” Was Their Mission Statement
Golly, it has been rather longer than I anticipated since my last Blog. Did you miss me? No, don’t answer that: scrupulous honesty might be unsettling and outright fibs may be bad for your Karma. What has happened? Quite a
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The Behaviour Of The Cod Was Both Varied and Wavering
Wednesday 6th July…. 03:50 I left the house before 4AM today to catch a train to London. This is not something that I habitually do, in fact it seemed like a really rotten idea. I am now on what used
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A Luvverly Bunch of Sea Urchins
So it is official. And I even have the badge to prove it: I am now one of the seventeen members of the Council of the Royal Horticultural Society. Thank you to those who voted, your efforts and trouble are
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