Warning: Wedding evokes feelings and stuff…

by | Mar 26, 2012 | 12 comments

The Old Boy and I attended a wedding on the weekend. He was the officiating minister, which was a delight for me. Partly because I’m always proud of what a great job he does and partly because he looks drop-dead gorgeous in a suit. (He only wears them for...

Three cheers for the Hague

by | Mar 17, 2012 | 4 comments

So, Lubanga has been found guilty. It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving fellow. ‘Who’s that?’ I hear you ask. He’s described as a ‘Congolese rebel leader’ but I think that’s too polite. I call him a wicked...

Have pen, will correct!

by | Mar 10, 2012 | 14 comments

While I’ve been ill I haven’t managed to do any work; either my own or for my clients. For a while there I was so ill I didn’t even care. Then, as my health began to improve, I was frustrated but still unable to think long enough, or clearly enough,...

Did you miss me?

by | Mar 3, 2012 | 17 comments

In reply to the myriad of concerned emails, facebook wall postings and queries sent to this website, I apologise for the missed post last week. I had no idea so many people would be disconcerted and emotionally deprived! (Don’t cut yourself on the sarcasm, it...

Here’s the plan…

by | Feb 18, 2012 | 11 comments

  When I first heard that the breast cancer I’d had in 1993 was back and chewing on my ribs, I was worried I wouldn’t make it until next Christmas. That’s because, in the last few years, a number of my friends have only lasted one more year...