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The children of the dirt

April 4, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

I heard the most wonderful story this week. Full credit goes to to its author, Simon Rich, who tells it far better than I’m about to.

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50 Ways To Die In The West

February 19, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

A handy guide for other London neophytes.

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Amman, the white pigeon

January 28, 2015by Alex Leave a comment

Let loose on Amman with a dying iPhone and precious little Arabic.

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I doubt I’ve worked off the calories in a stick of Carefree gum.

January 4, 2015by Alex 1 Comment

Some helpful tips, from my smug and wise 2014 self, to my 2015 self.

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Jingling, mingling, singling

December 9, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Of Christmas spirit(s). Oh what fun…

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Strawberry Fields Forever

November 16, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Are you a victim of beauty-shaming?

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I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)

November 12, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Go on, tell your 23 year-old self how you really feel.

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The Big How I Met Your Modern Friends Who Live In Apartment 23 Theory

October 21, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

Date: 18 October Location: Queen Victoria Market, grocery shopping on a hangover and guiltily hangover-eating (Turkish gozeleme. No regrets.) A friend* once confessed that there are certain songs on her […]

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Baby gets the jitters

October 10, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 9 October Location: the glamorous No. 48 tram. Sweaty palms. Burning ears. Sweaty palms. Burning ears. Sweaty palms. Burning ears. This is literally the only thought my mind is […]

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A short bullet point history of everything

September 28, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 26 September. Location: sunny Windsor, early for aerial yoga. It's Friday. In the great and lazy tradition of all things TGIF, today's post about some things that happened this […]

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Thought for the week

"The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time." - George Bernard Shaw

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