I’m told that I am a difficult person for which to buy presents. This is not because I have a dearth of hobbies and interests, far from it, but because I am fortunate enough to be able to buy most things in the usual present price bracket. If I don’t buy something it’s generally because [...]

Samuel Johnson said “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
Well, I was starting to become tired of London when I was working there; experiencing too much of the tedious, overcrowded public transport, side of London and not enough of the [...]

Friday was my last day at American Express and it was a very, very good day but also a sad day.
One of the things I wanted during my notice period was to do for one last time the things that I had enjoyed about London. One was eating dim sum; I’d never eaten dim sum [...]