Author Archives: kim

What is it with the English, summer and balls? Cricket balls, footballs, tennis balls, and graduation balls. The gee-gees have finished breaking their necks over the fences. The great washed and unwashed have realised, yet again, that watching them run … Continue reading →

When did Supermarkets turn into Japanese reality games shows? There was a time wasn’t there when one savoured the shopping experience, even the supermarket shopping experience? Browsing through the aisles toying with brand A and then delightfully discovering brand B, … Continue reading →

Contrary to any rumours you may have heard, there are only two ways to give birth. Caesarean section or drugged to the point where you resemble Amy Winehouse moments before rigor mortis set in. You may have come across the … Continue reading →

Call it what you will…the festive fall out…the season of ill will. The ancient pagan festival borrowed by the Christian ruling classes, beautifully wrapped in H.A Rrods’ or WH Smith or Tesco or Sainsbury paper, and hung on a Victorian … Continue reading →

In England it’s the weather… the national obsession that it. ‘You can feel a nip in the air’ ‘But what a wonderful summer we’ve had’. ‘Can’t believe it’s almost November.’ ‘Had to turn the heating on last night mind.’ ‘Did … Continue reading →