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Salsa!

Just been to my first salsa lesson in 4 years with Ken, an ex-colleague of mine. So after catching up and being brought up to date with my former workplace’s gossip we’ve been through all the basic steps of the beginner’s lesson.

The funny thing with salsa classes is that, in Europe at least, they are […]

About the pope

Last time Rome went through a pope’s funeral, the eternal city witnessed another major event, to me at least, my birth. Yes, 26 years ago, whilst world leaders gathered in St-Peter’s square for the memorial service of John Paul 1st , who has been a pope for only 33 days, my mother was […]

Food poisoned and complaining…

Yesterday I had dinner with Karine, who came to visit for a few days from Paris. We have been to The Angelic, one of my favourite pubs in Islington: it has a nice atmosphere, avoids being stupidly loud and its food is rather upmarket solidly setting it in the “gastropub” category.
As expected, the evening was […]


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