Sunday, June 7, 2009Osterley Park, London The Silence of English Rain:It was only because I was awoken today by a series of thunderclaps that I realized how quiet really is English rain! I mean for all these months that I have lived in London and for all the dreary, drizzling, dull and dripping days I’ve…
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The Amazing Roman Amphitheater in the Guildhall Art Gallery
Friday, May 29, 2009London I am finally getting to the end of The Order of the Phoenix (which is turning out to be the most challenging book I have ever read!). After my morning laptop routine (checking email, proofreading my blog), I had my breakfast (croissants with the last of the preserves in my fridge…
Visiting Ham House and an Afternoon with Stephen Tomkinson
Wednesday, April 29, 2009Richmond, Surrey It seems as if I am sleeping longer as the days are getting longer. This morning, I awoke at 7 am–not too bad at all and a far cry from 5 am. which had been my usual wake-up time for months! It left me enough time to write my blog,…
Croydon Anglo-Indians and an Evening with Andrea Levy
Tuesday, April 28, 2009London I awoke at 7. 30 this morning–YYYEESS!!! It is the latest I have woken up since I came to live in London. I felt enormously rested and very much wanted to stay in bed for a lazy lie-in…but I had too much to do before I left for my long journey…
Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday–in Stratford and Warwick
Sunday, April 26, 2099Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick Though I switched off my bedside lamp at 1.30 am last night, I did not fall asleep for at least an hour. Awful tossing and turning and vain efforts to count sheep left me deeply frustrated. Yet, I awoke at about 7. 00. So it is little wonder that…
Rambling in Rye (and Winchelsea) with Stephanie
Sunday, March 29, 2009Rye, Sussex Stephanie had agreed that Rye in East Sussex would be a good place to spend a day out. Because poor Llew was jetlagged, we did not leave our flat until 10. 30 am, arriving at Stephanie’s new place in Richmond only at 11. 30am. It was the day of the…
A Self-Indulgent Saturday in London
Saturday, March 14, 2009London Sometimes staying around in London on a Saturday can be an adventure in itself. When Stephanie called me early this morning to say that she needed to keep her weekend travel-free to sort out her stuff after her move last weekend to Richmond, I understood right away. I tend to be…
Sight-Seeing in Sussex: Chichester, Arundel and Petworth
Sunday, February 22, 2009Chichester Up again at 5. 50 am, I found the time to check and respond to email, make an Easybus booking to get to Stanstead airport and back for my trip this week to Oslo, Norway, and began drafting a new research grant application–all this while the rest of the world had…
Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Coliseum
Saturday, February 7, 2009London The days are flying too fast for my liking. I cannot believe that the first week of February has passed already. This semester is galloping ahead and I don’t feel as if I am accomplishing anything substantial. I woke up too early yet again–before 5 am. Turning to Harry Potter, I…
‘Tons of Money’ in Richmond, A Piano Recital at the National Gallery and ‘Oliver’ at the West End
Wednesday, January 22, 2009London White I adore London for its long and colorful history, there is a downside to this aspect of its charm. Road works! Ever since I can remember taking possession of this flat at High Holborn, there have been ‘road works’ at some point or the other along its length from Chancery…