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  • Not The King Of Tokyo (or London)

    Woke up this morning feeling dire. It’s either the single pint of Guinness that did for me (although this is England, I don’t get hangovers here unless I go on a proper bender), or my medication, or not sleeping enough. Whatever, I took the 8:10 train up to London and then tried to walk to […]

  • Balthazar

    Tonight I met an old friend from when I used to cycle a lot, and we went in search of dinner. We walked around Oxford Street and Soho with little success for quite some time; even on a Wednesday all the pubs were full of people getting drunk and all the restaurants seemed needlessly high-end. […]

  • The 39 Steps

    I only got around to watching The 39 Steps at the start of this decade, on a poor quality DVD anthology of Hitchcock films that I bought in Hong Kong for my wife-to-be as a Christmas present. That had somewhat lower production values than the version I went to see tonight at the Criterion.

  • Everything is getting more civilised

    Walking down Regent Street to Piccadilly Circus I saw a vision of social improvement. A vision of the way that over time, we treat people around us with more civility, with greater dignity and respect. I saw a man wearing a luminous tshirt and a stupid hat, both emblazoned with the words GOLF SALE.

  • A new start

    I’ve just finished my first day with my new employer, and I’m on the train home. It’s been a very interesting day. First days have been rare in my career; even if I count the times I changed jobs within my last employer, I’ve only had five previous first days; doing anything only once every […]

  • A few comparisons between London and Singapore

    I walked to the railway station today; that alone was a longer commute than I’ve had for the last two-and-a-half years. It’s August, most of the way through the British summer, and I missed the heat wave by a couple of weeks, so it’s chilly by Singaporean standards. That’s quite nice; I get to walk […]

  • The Rhesus Chart

    I flew into London today on a crowded Air Canada flight, went back to my parents’ house and picked up the signed copy of The Rhesus Chart that we got as an anniversary present, and started reading. Including pauses for jet lag recovery, I finished it at 11pm, and now it’s time for bed.

  • A Matter Of Blood

    This morning I finished reading A Matter Of Blood, the first part of Sarah Pinborough’s urban fantasy trilogy set in London. I’d had high hopes for this, following a recommendation, but I was quite disappointed.

  • Ice Cold In Beckenham

    One of the most overlooked benefits of living in Singapore has to be the temperature. Yes, it may be dull that every day is 30 degrees, and the constant humidity, as though we all live in the armpit of a man wearing one too many overcoats, is a little galling, but back in Beckenham I’m […]

  • Crystal Palace Park

    One problem with not sleeping on the flight from Halifax to London is that you arrive fairly ruined, so although I profited by watching The Great Gatsby and Monsters University, I suffered from being so tired that I kept forgetting that I’d watched The Great Gatsby, which left me worrying about what on earth I’d […]