Stayed in bed on Saturday morning doing the Guardian crossword Did two large loads of laundry Decided to go to Shoreditch and then discovered the trains weren't running Caught a bus into central ...

My visitors have left now and while it was lovely to see them it is also lovely to get my flat back to myself. I was still feeling very unwell and one of the things I have learnt when family come to ...

I was in Cadiz at Christmas and while it was pleasant it wasn't at all like Christmas. This year Christmas Eve feels right.

I'm currently tucked up in bed and it is very late so this will be short. I arrived safely yesterday without any mishaps other than the plane being delayed by 45 minutes. In the end TB lent me his ...

Did some knitting in bed Spent two days and one evening in the British Library at the Irish Writers' Weekend Got invited by the Irish Ambassador to a VIP reception Stood next to Graham Norton and then ...

I have been writing this blog since September 2004 which I find quite unbelievable. Blogging went out of fashion but it seems to have returned only this time rather than people providing content to ...

I am feeling very under the weather as I have another stinking cold and am coughing like someone who smokes 40 cigarettes a day. I smoke no cigarettes a day. Despite this I have managed to do some ...

On Saturday morning and did lots of housework Completed the Guardian Prize crossword before 10.00 a.m. which is my fastest time ever Went to the market and then had coffee with TB and SF Had lunch ...

Wrapped some Christmas presents early in the morning Went to Bethnal Green and met London Sister and half of the Norfolk family in the Young V&A Museum which is very entertaining for small children ...

I spent the afternoon and early evening in Islington. When I was in my 20s and early thirties I worked and lived in Islington and I still feel that it's the heart of London. As I was going to be ...

Went to the market with TB on Saturday morning Met London Sister at Tate Britain and saw the 80s photography exhibition. (It's a big exhibition and it was very crowded so we decided we would both go ...

I spent yesterday morning in the garden sweeping up leaves. We are surrounded by trees here and there are two sycamores in the garden so the amount of leaves that fall is huge. I have never understood ...