Sisuphos' greatest train journeys, number 1 ( Read more... )

I am sending this from the annual camel fair in Pushkar which is like a county fair but with wild looking nomads in splendid turbans and colourful traditional dresses for the women. We are having a wonderful time. Sleeping in a luxury tent tonight but still here in middle of Thar desert get five bar reception on mobile and fully enabled mobile ( Read more... )

No more mission statement, the Office now has a "core narrative". This narrative and the consequent challenging new targets and workstreams that have emerged from the Office's stocktake will ensure full alignment across the Office's programmes to maximise impact in sustainable delivery and to sharpen focus in line with core values (e.g. ( Read more... )

It was more difficult than usual to get out of bed this morning ( Read more... )

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There was a book I wanted on ebay, From Pillar to Post: Looking at Street Furniture. I bid 50p for it seven days ago. Someone bid 55p for it six days ago. My bid went up to 60p. There it stayed until four hours before the auction ended earlier today when 'ironageman' bid for it, temporarily winning the bidding at the price of £6.20. I raised my ( Read more... )

Last time the girlfriend went to the dentist, she asked him whether he enjoyed his job. He told her that he was pretty bored with it, but the money was reasonable, and he couldn't see what else he'd do at this stage in his life ( Read more... )

The girlfriend was eight. At that age, she was a rather geeky girl who didn’t make friends terribly easily; the Halloween party that she was hosting meant a lot to her. Her young guests were alarmed when all the lights in the house went out. They screamed when a figure was seen lurching across the lawn towards the house. He was emitting a low, ( Read more... )

My dad received a sympathetic e-mail regarding yesterday's events from his company's Beijing office:

Dear London colleagues,
We are sorry to hear that London was attacked by terriers yesterday
morning.

They've moved us all into a new office. It's horrible. Open plan, but little natural light. Everything's grey and beige. And the ceiling is extraordinary. It's making me quite depressed.