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When we were Kids

Patti Smith has been rattling around my birdcage for a few years now. Last week I read her […]

May 19, 2013 Books, Culture, Greece, Music

Raising a glass of birthday brandy

As I write this, I raise a small glass of brandy and ginger and pronounce a toast to […]

May 8, 2013 History

Van Gogh and the Iranian freedom fighters

It’s a strange day when you head off for a quiet walk in the country to track the […]

May 4, 2013 Culture, France

The Beauty of the Marathon: in defence of Katherine Jenkins

Newspaper columnists have a tough time, especially those who have to churn out words of wisdom on a […]

April 24, 2013 Music, Running, Sport

What’s my Crime?

I don’t remember the first crime novel I ever read – probably something by Enid Blyton – but […]

April 18, 2013 Books, Culture

France entering La Belle Epoque

It’s probably stereotyping but the French can’t keep sex out of anything. Just can’t. Check the ads for […]

February 1, 2013 France, Rugby union

Ballad of the Lost Weekend

I am told there are people who travel to Six Nations games for the rugby. I cannot be […]

January 29, 2013 Boozing, Dublin, France, Ireland, Rugby union, Sport, Trinity College

Face to face with cancer: Paul Johnston

I first met Paul Johnston when I was living in Athens; 2004 I think it was, in the […]

January 28, 2013 Books, Culture, Dryathlon 2013, Greece

“We’re all doomed”: cancer in numbers

Statistics are a nettled garden at the best of times but, as I am fund-raising for Cancer Research […]

January 26, 2013 Dryathlon 2013

Taking the Pledge: going dry for charity

Drat and double drat. Jonesy, aka my darling wife, has persuaded me that I should give up booze […]

January 1, 2013 Boozing, Dryathlon 2013

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