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A proper summer holiday: sports days, birthdays, pyramids, bumper cars … and a subterranean mail train

Posted on August 15, 2026 by fortewinks

La Grande Motte: A Very French Holiday Destination By and large, a Reception School Sports Day wouldn’t normally float my boat. But this was no ordinary Sports Day; this was Little Hurricane’s sports day to which I was invited by … Continue reading →

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Hello to half a century (and then some).

Posted on May 7, 2018 by fortewinks

Fifty-five is not an insubstantial age but not as old as I hope to be one day – assuming I will remain in fine fettle of course. This year’s birthday celebrations extended to before and beyond the day itself and … Continue reading →

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London E2: life’s good in the ‘hood

Posted on March 18, 2017 by fortewinks

In April 2008 My Girls and I moved into a three-up-two-down on Wimbolt Street just yards away from Columbia Road, Bethnal Green. It is here that the world famous flower market takes place every Sunday. Despite our proximity to the … Continue reading →

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Spicy rum, wayward cherubs and the artist unzipped

Posted on January 28, 2012 by fortewinks

Once upon a time I must have known how to spell ‘prompt’. These days its meaning seems to escape me, and so with more metaphorical Lycra than was decent for “fashionably late”, I landed in the midst of Zyg’s Private … Continue reading →

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