I went to the 21st WOMAD last weekend with festival virgin Helena and met up with Lucille and Simon who were manning the stall as usual. It never rains at Womad, so the saying goes, but sometimes it pours, and that is exactly what it did on Saturday night. Normally the Womad – World of [...]
I have just got back from my summer holiday in Southern Europe. One of the first things you notice about getting home is that in contrast to the rather relaxed outlook over there we [the British] are rather obsessed with warning people of every possible hazard one could possibly face with announcements cautioning people to [...]
Mike and Claudia are delighted to announce the long anticipated arrival of Benjamin Francis Pace at 02.10 on Friday 4th July. Claudia and Benjamin are both in good shape and in resting mode! (But not for long.) Benjamin weighs 3.67 kg and is already gurgling happily to strangers. Which is an excellent sign.
There are times when you get a glance at something in the corner of your eye and you somehow get a surreal yet more telling impression on the mind.
As I hurried past an Evening Standard seller with a poster describing the evening headline…
“New hope for infertile women”
I somehow saw for a moment…
“New hope for infantile [...]
