At least, we think so…Having lunch in a cafe near the University of Edinburgh, on our wedding anniversary back in June, we saw someone writing who looked very like JK Rowling. When I looked across, she hid behind her hair a bit more. Given that the final Harry Potter is awaited by lots of people …
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Chicken in a school…
Spending time with our friends R and D in Italy is also an opportunity to catch up with their kids’ special phrases. Their youngest, T (now 2), is fully conversant with Thomas the Tank Engine stories, and these are the phrases we came back with from our October visit this year: 1) “Chicken in a …
The Princess Bride
We have to reassure readers that the name of Dan’s company, Inigo, was not in fact taken from this film. It makes for fun reading though (thanks to Dan’s colleague Colin for lending us the book). The Princess Bride has joined the collection of books or articles that we read to each other from time to …