Festival fail

Festival fail

(March 18 2024) I should have known not to rush my Bromley Festival application, and I had the deadline in my diary months ago but of course it was a last-minute rush as everything seems to be these days. Everything has come at once and I had virtually no time to...
Norfolk in February

Norfolk in February

We’ve spent this weekend in Norfolk. Slowly, slowly the focus is starting to shift from unpacking boxes, doing chores and meeting tradespeople to taking walks and pub lunches, with some work thrown in too. Here are some pictures from walks this weekend....
Candidacy

Candidacy

(February 11 2024) This week’s big news is my selection as the Liberal Democrats’ Candidate for election to the Greater London Assembly (GLA), the body that holds the decisions of the Mayor of London to account. The election is on Thursday 2nd May and I am...
Rusticities

Rusticities

We have bought a second home in Norfolk. Yes, I have done all of the overthinking of course. I know that this sort of thing is frowned upon by Liberal Democrats and despised by others because, of course, far too many people don’t even have a first home. I know...
In sorrow and in anger

In sorrow and in anger

(January 9 2024) In the words of the great Dr Maya Angelou “Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.” I am using this space to vent tonight. Not many read this, even fewer since I lost most of my email subscribers, and those of you...