To life

July 13, 2015

I am just back to Hounslow after a hugely entertaining evening in the company of a gentleman who wears his …

Keys to the door

November 15, 2014

The new house is smaller and cheaper than my London abode, but with a real sense of coziness and homeliness. …

June 28, 2012

It would be wrong to tempt fate, but we had a really positive Occam Singers rehearsal last night, which was …

May 30, 2012

Another day of good humour and good work yesterday, a late morning shaking off the tiredness of the weekend. I …

May 21, 2012

At five o’clock last Friday morning I was sitting on the first Stansted Express of the day, waiting to be …

March 23, 2012

My series of classes at Birkbeck drew to a close last night, discussing Britten’s War Requiem, while, during the afternoon, …

January 13, 2012

Anyone who believes that we are some way from developing artificial intelligence is clearly deluded, for computers have long been …