Darling Tom,We gave up sending Christmas cards many years ago now and, as a result, from receiving over 100 we now receive none. So, in our own small way we believe that this has contributed to the planet being saved.However, your Christmas…
Thank you so much for posting this. A fascinating glimpse into mid 20th century England Thank you. The England of my childhood. This comment has been removed by the author. A quiet old fashioned England. Do you watch the John Betjeman YT fi…
Glad to see a post. How are you doing? So beautiful and such a clever design! ❤️❤️❤️ Tom! How are you? I've been wondering about you. PS: I have followed your blog for 10 years. During this time, your entries have entertained, astonished, a…
I am writing on behalf of Tom Stevenson. He wanted to tell you that he has been ill for the past 5 weeks and he is still recovering and will need help from therapists for a while before he will be able to contact you. Hopefully he will spea…
I have not been listening to the Conservative's Party conference much (or Labour's) but I continue to be impressed by Liz Truss's astounding lack of contrition and thick-skinned insistence that she should have been left to do billions of po…
Actually that instruction is the English translation. The Chinese would just write the more direct version. I saw a photo of a sign for tourist toilets in China once which read, 'Shitting Place'. That made me laugh. James May touring Japan
Bravo, all said. Pain is horrible but can be alleviated for a time. I can imagine Bath being very noisy and full of people you may not necessarily like. I doubt you are coming to the end rather it is 'Grumpy old Man day'It will go away beli…
Just to say I have found a lot of your comments in my spam bin which I have now released. Not my doing, honest. I looked because some of mine are in yours. I've started checking the spam folder every time... I've had to start checking my sp…
They look like something out of the Woodentops. Although the Queen did tend to have that stance it does not look right. Nor does Philip's. And the corgis look rather out of proportion. I don't know if they are. It's in the eye of the behold…