We went to see the new Spike Lee movie, Inside Man, at the cinema tonight (Saturday). I’m really glad I did and I thoroughly recommend it. At heart it’s a crime caper movie but it has far more intelligence and depth than the typical movie of that genre. The storyline and execution is hugely entertaining [...]

I’m tired in a good way - I feel like I’ve been packing a lot in rather than just frittering away time. It’s been a full day - I had yoga this morning and then this afternoon Natalie and I went skating in Battersea Park. It was beautiful - the sun was shining and the [...]

Kevin, a mate of mine who used to work at Media Week, is now editor of a magazine for the online travel industry Travolution. I’m going to be doing a bit of work for them so I went along to their one-day conference yesterday. I didn’t expect to stay the whole day but I did [...]

I finally did something I have been meaning to do for ages and signed up to an organic box scheme. My first delivery arrived today - £10 for a decent size box of fruit and vegies, plus an extra £8 for milk, yoghurt, store cupboard ingredients and a couple of extra treats like asparagus. It’s [...]

The polar bears better watch out - I’m on my way! The final cheque was posted off to World Expeditions today and all my medical and other forms are already in. Just three months to go!

I don’t particularly like gyms and would much prefer to do my exercise out of doors and for free. In an ideal world I would be rollerblading in the park, cycling to work, swimming in a lovely Olympic-length saltwater pool and maybe attending yoga classes once or twice a week.
The reality is quite different and [...]

One of my favourite websites and a great source for writers is Miss Snark, a blog kept by an anonymous New York literary agent. She takes questions from readers and occasionally runs competitions but doesn’t take pitches since she is anonymous. She is very funny and very useful if you want an insight into the [...]

Tash and I went to the Everyman Cinema in Hampstead last night to see The Proposition (or as one friend kept calling it, The Preposition).
Wow! It’s quite a full-on movie. It’s a bloody good story so I wanted to keep watching and see what made different characters tick and find out what happened in the [...]

It’s sad but true: Kimberley is moving back to Vancouver and she leaves London in less than a week! On Friday night we saw her off in style, starting with shots of absinthe at her flat and moving on to the Swan, a dodgy pub in Stockwell with cheap booze and a dance floor. She [...]

The Heart of the Matter is set in a British colony in west Africa during one of the world wars, I think the Second World War. Scobie, a police officer, is above reproach until he is passed over for promotion and forced to borrow money from a Syrian trader to send his wife on holiday. [...]