School
When I was at school I really didn’t like English, but this was not because of the books we read. One of the books that we studied was A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines.
Once we had finished reading the book we were shown the film Kes based on the book and directed...
Today is my mum's first birthday since she died on 21 October 2025, she would have been 81.
I don't need my phone to tell me when my mum's birthday is, I have always known this, it is on Bastille Day. I have always had my mum's number stored as a favourite on my phone, since...
Today was our last day in Türkiye, we had our breakfast at the hotel headed back to the room to pack. At 10:20 I headed down to the reception as the rental car was being picked up at 10:30. When 10:35 arrived I spoke to Tania to see if the rental company were usually on time...
After a lie, in due to not getting to bed after 03:00 due to the England quarter-final in the world cup, we went for a walk down to the Harbour for brunch.
DoyDoy restaurant
Susan and I met our friend at the top of the old town and ambled through the shaded streets until we ...
A leisurely start to the day with breakfast at the hotel then at 10:30 I drove Susan up to the villa. She was joining the other ladies for a spa day. Then I drove two friends over to the next town along the Lycian Coast called Kaş.
Kaş
Before we set off I looked for a car pa...
Susan and I went to, another, restaurant where we were the only customers.
Discovery
Before coming to Türkiye I did a lot of searching for places to eat, but I found Şahika Bahçe by looking at places on google maps. When I found it the reviews were amazing and the only menu ...
Car Hire
Today we decided to hire a car and go explore out of Kalkan. After breakfast I went down to the hotel reception to ask if they could recommend a car hire company near by. The told me that they would phone around and get me the best price. Ideally I only wanted the c...
Anyone who knows me, knows that I hate the heat, so I would never ever come to Türkiye in the height of summer without a very good reason.
Today we had a very long lie in, so long breakfast was over (10:00) before we woke up. This could be down to:
The drugs I took for inse...
Today we had an early start because we were going on a boat trip. So we had an early breakfast, well it started at 08:00 so not that early.
After breakfast, we strolled down to the harbour to meet the others for the boat trip.
Lipsos Boat
Our boat was called Lipsos, but one ...
Since I have been in Kalkan a number of times people have praised my look and style, the first time was the hotel bar manager, Josef, who said:
I really love your harmony.
Today we had a leisurely day. We had a lie in and a late breakfast at the hotel. Once we were done th...
We decided the night before not to stay up to watch the Mexico v England game, as it wasn't going to kick-off until 03:00 in Türkiye. This was a great decision as the rain in Mexico delayed kick-off until 04:00 our time. When I awoke at 07:15 I put on the stream of the match...
It turns out that the Holiday Inn at Gatwick was a great idea. We both managed to get a good few hours sleep and awoke at 03:00. A quick turn around and we were outside the hotel waiting for the Gatwick Hoppa a shuttle bus that goes around the hotels before dropping off at t...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we leave home to go to Kalkan. When we originally booked our flight was at 20:40 but in April we received a notification, from Tui, that our flight had been moved to another flight. This was probably something related to the stupid war that Trump had started.
Our new f...
Today we went to Crystal Palace Park to see Kneecap play their largest headline show to date, there were 20,000 mostly Irish fans. Thankfully the temperature was much less than the previous few days and only peaked at 30ºC.
On the way we passed the Kneecap pop-up merch shop....
Tonight I went with friends to see Mark Thomas, practice his Edinburgh Fringe set.
The venue, The Museum of Comedy, was very intimate and based in the Crypt of St George’s church. There were less than 100 seats, it was nice and cool which was awesome because heat outside was...
Today we went to the Southbank Centre to see an immersive exhibition called Choose Love x Jon Hopkins.
When we walked in it was an absolute delight the room was filled with fog and the temperature was like being in a fridge.
Description
Part of Harry Styles’ Meltdown and Ref...
On the way in to The O2 I spotted Guadi having a cigarette before he went in.
There was a merch stand outside with a huge queue. I straight off ignored it as I wasn’t really interested. On walking in I noticed someone wearing a DEVO Energy Dome a red pyramid hat. Now I have ...
Here is my list of selected quotes and links from the speakers.
Rachel Andrew
No. Baseline doesn't create a hard line, past which you can never go.
[CSS gridlanes])https://gridlanes.webkit.org/)
If you’re doing a brand new project, just starting it today, well, most project...
We were in Brussels because yesterday we went to see Massive Attack at Forest national.
nHow Bloom
We stayed a the nHow Bloom near the botanical garden. This is the 3rd time I have stayed at this hotel this year. We have also stayed at the nHow hotel in Berlin. The nHow hote...
We traveled to Castleton in the Peak District to go see The Orb and System 7 play live in a cave.
The cave in question is known as the Devil's Arse, which is the largest natural cave entrance in Britain. It is also now one of the best venue's that I have ever attended a gig, if you get the chance to go to a gig here do it!
Today we return the Forest National in Brussels. This time to see Massive Attack.
Thai Cafe
Before the gig 7 of us met at Thai Cafe, a 10 minute walk to the venue, to get some food. The food was great and they had a good selection of alcohol-free beers, I had Bloemekéke and ...
I took Susan to AngloThai to celebrate her 60th birthday.
Discovery
In March this year I was watching MasterChef the Professionals and the chefs visited AngloThai to go work in the kitchen. The restaurant is owned my a British/Thai chef who learned Thai cuisine in Bangkok be...
Today in there were two Marches in London. The Tommy Ten Names, United the Kingdom, far-right march. The one I attended a Pro-Palestine and Anti-Far-Right March.
The last time Tommy Ten Names held a march was September 2025 and it was reported that there were 150,000 attende...
I have no idea what this is going to be, Chase & Status's marketing says:
Section 63 from @chaseandstatus - a world-first, groundbreaking immersive experience that blurs the line between the crowd and the chaos. This is not a show, it’s an experience.
School
In 1979 I moved up to senior school. School was different in those days before the Margaret Thatcher and Tories gamified (gamification was not a thing in those days but it is what happened) schools. When you left Junior or Primary school (7-11 year olds) you then went...
IWC DUS 2026
