Answers to last week’s quiz… Round 1: Country outlines USA South Africa Mexico India Ireland Iceland Japan France Greece China Round 2: Autobiographies Peter Kay Victoria Beckham Terry Wogan Gordon Ramsay Bill Bryson Gary Barlow Rupert Everett Alan Titchmarsh Kerry Katona Billie Piper Adam Ant Richard Bryson Leslie Phillips Stephen Fry Nelson Mandela Round 3: [...]

We saw these guys once, dancing at a free event at the Royal Festival Hall. Wigs, dark glasses, floral shirts, and non-stop gyrations for the benefit of all. I saw them a few weeks later wandering through Whiteley’s. And that’s a reason to like living in London. But, but, but,… who’d have thought that someone [...]

A mostly drunk bloke broke off from his mates in the Tube carriage, and came up to us and said, “Excuse me, do you mind if I take your photo?” “Only if I take yours,” I replied. His mates came over and joined him. I have no idea who these people are. Tags: randomness

Anna received a lovely Christmas present which was created using decollage. She and its creator, our brother-in-law, discussed decollage for some time. I shrunk into the background. To my embarrassment I confuse decollage and decolletage. It’s not helped that they are both about artfully revealing something. It’s very confusing. This blog entry has been carefully [...]

One thing I really enjoy doing is getting obsessive over potential purchases: gathering information, comparing stats, reading reviews and opinions, drawing up lists of requirements, and so on. And in my quest for a digital SLR it strikes me that this must be one of the best subjects for the obsessive comparison shopper. There are [...]

Following last year’s quiz, we made one for New Year’s Eve 2006/2007. Here it is for your entertainment. Answers next week… Round 1: Geography What countries are these outlines of? Not to scale, and many are rotated. Round 2: Biographies Whose biographies are these? All top-sellers in the last year or so. The Sound of [...]