It was a warm indian summer, the end of September, and a week before my 28th birthday, when I moved to London. I had a month’s worth of work with a company called Northstar, whose offices were at Kings Cross. I didn’t realise when I was packing up to catch the train, that I would … Continue reading »
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Goldilocks and whether online dating is destroying romance
I was almost reluctant to write about this, since I’ve posted so much about my (anti-)feelings on online dating. But since it’s topical and all… The article makes a couple of interesting points about the hazards of dating in the virtual world. First, he writes that online dating sites sell the dream of finding true … Continue reading »
Peace like a river ran through the city
Ah, peace like a river ran through the city Long past the midnight curfew We sat starry-eyed Oh, we were satisfied And I remember Misinformation followed us like a plague Nobody knew from time to time If the plans were changed Oh, oh, oh, if the plans were changed. You can beat us with wires … Continue reading »
The kingdom of heaven is like #occupyLondon
I’m fascinated by the fact that the occupy movement in London is camped outside one of the city’s most iconic churches. I’m not an economist and I wouldn’t presume to know enough to claim to be a committed anti-capitalist. But I do know that I feel unsettled about the times we’re living in, about the … Continue reading »
I found a wallet
I found a wallet, I found a wallet Inside were pictures of your small family You were so young, your hair dark brown You had been born in 1953 Your winter birthday was stamped on the plastic Of a license so recently expired I was so tired as I walked through my door I let … Continue reading »
Demonstration bingo
Yesterday was a big day in London. Aside from the boat, goat and stoat races, between 300,000 and 500,000 people from all over the UK, gathered on the Embankment of the River Thames to walk to Hyde Park. In the middle of the crowd, it was clear that there were as many stories and reasons … Continue reading »
Cellulite: since 1968
Today I went with a couple of my esteemed work colleagues to see the Evolving English exhibition at the British Library. I previewed it for Le Cool ages ago, and even though I only work round the corner, it’s taken me this long to get round to seeing it. As well as lots of interesting examples … Continue reading »
Wishes like lanterns
It’s the season for resolutions, plans, diets, new starts. I saw in 2011 with CC in Hawkshead village square, with ale and folk singing and lanterns, fireworks at less than ten paces and a frosty clear star-spread sky. If wishes were lanterns, all of our dreams would fly
Wake Up
Somethin’ filled up my heart with nothin’, someone told me not to cry. But now that I’m older, my heart’s colder, and I can see that it’s a lie. Children wake up, hold your mistake up, before they turn the summer into dust. Wake Up, Arcade Fire This is a bit late in coming, but … Continue reading »
Like
I like that you can simply ‘like’ things on Facebook. Wouldn’t it be nice to go around liking things in real life? Drunk pensioners. Finding a fiver. Strangers who say hello. Most dogs. Like, like, like, like. I’d like that. A guy who I used to work with posted this as his Facebook status a … Continue reading »
