Last weekend I wrote about browsing through my old pocket diaries and mentioned a TV commercial (for Bird’s Eye Supermousse) that my brother and I appeared in back in the 1970s. Over the years I have attempted to find the commercial online, without success. We only saw it a handful of times when it was… Continue reading A 1970s TV commercial featuring me and my brother
In the early days of the web, when AltaVista was the most reliable search engine for many of us, it was much harder to find the sites you were interested in than it is now. Even when you’d found them there was no guarantee that you could find the same sites again easily, which is… Continue reading These are a few of my favourite links
I first came across this word last year in an Oliver Burkeman article, “How to find time to read”, well worth reading. Like chairdrobe it pretty much explains itself: a list expanded into an article. I’m surprised that it’s taken me until my 40th post to this site to link to one of his articles.… Continue reading Word of the week: listicle
How many clear surfaces do you have? Do they stay clear for long? If the answers to these questions are “Lots” and “Yes” then fair play to you. If you maintain this state of affairs with a house full of children, I congratulate you heartily (but I might need constant photographic evidence to support your… Continue reading Clutter, and a consolation
The Compartments 