Discovered yesterday that someone has put a poem on each door of the women’s loos at church. A different poem for each door – and for reading from the inside. I’m not here to comment on the rights or wrongs of reading on the loo, or even any differences between men and women in this …
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Anne Frank – through the eyes of her friend
I’ve written separately about the Berlin museums, and also about the shop selling products relating to German traffic light men. In the same complex as the shop, there’s also a museum focused on Anne Frank. I read Anne’s diary while doing A-Level German, and knew about her story in general. I also knew of the …
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Good use of an hour
When I was in Berlin in mid-September, on a work trip, the office was close to the Museumsinsel, a series of museums on an island in the river that runs through Berlin. I bought a 3-day pass, and although the museums shut at 6 most nights, I was able to spend a bit of time …
Taking a half day
Or preferably, two weeks of half days. I did this a couple of years ago, when we moved into our flat. I liked it so much, I did it again this year, during August, while Dan’s mum Jen was up to stay. Work in the mornings, feel virtuous, then run away quick at lunchtime… One …
Bird song at dawn
It’s not really worth a mention on its own in a newsletter of the year that has to fit on two sides of paper. But a blog seems a good place for it to have its own little write up. Around Easter time, a lot was going round my mind, and I had a few …