These lines aren't profound.  They are more the equivalent of a daily exfoliating scrub, removing the latest layer of annoyance born of those images viewed from between half-closed eyes, of you painstakingly removing your clothes after your night out.  It is very late.

Your shoelaces defy y… Read full post »

We went to have a look around Manchester University because my son wants to do a degree in geology.

After the talk where the university makes its sale, we're in the lab and he's telling me about geological mapping and he's naming the big chunks of rock they have laid out… Read full post »

A strict code of secrecy exists among men who go "on tour" in any sense, whether for business, sport, or stag.  However, some stories are just too good not to tell and if you are patient enough to spend time chatting to former tourists well in their cups, the rewards can… Read full post »