As my mummy and daddy were away on Friday night, I was staying with my Nana and Grandad. As Grandad and I had breakfast on Saturday morning, I could tell something was wrong. Grandad was chunnering and wasn’t his normal happy self. He kept on muttering about someone called Nigel, who seemed to have done…
Holiday in Crete Nana and Grandad are on their holidays so they asked me to do their blog. I think I might get this job full time soon, cos my posts get more hits than grandad’s! They are in Crete at the moment where Grandad says Nana is getting a “taste for raki”. I’m not…
Bonsoir, ma famille et mes amis. Notre cuisine a été remplie de délicieuses odeurs aujourd’hui. Heather a préparé des gâteaux de Noël, comme elle le fait chaque année. Elle en fait un pour chaque foyer de la famille. Ils recevront régulièrement des doses de cognac d’ici Noël. Une semaine ou deux avant Noël, ils seront…
Gosh, it has been a busy few days. Nana and Grandad got back from their holidays to find that their taxi home from Manchester had broken down. Nana said Grandad used some very bad words, but they got home eventually. Nana said her flat felt like a laundry on Wednesday and Thursday, but luckily I…
Yesterday evening (Aug 3rd) Heather and I attended a vigil for peace in Gaza. This post and the next will featrure two poems by Palestinian writers which were used in the vigil. Neither are used to excuse or justify the actions of either Hamas or the Israeli government and army. Both, it seems to me,…
Yesterday the Labour Party won the by-election in Kilburn and The High Roads from the Blockhead Party (Anyone who works out the musical allusions and connections in that sentence gets a prize. Except you Phil Robinson!). The winner secured a 3,400 majority, which, in my opinion, was excellent news. What was less excellent news was…