Entries for December 2009
‘one day’ by david nicholls
I just wanted to recommend this book which I just finished. it’s a really funny, moving and sad book about two people who meet on the last day of uni in 1988 and it follows their lives for the next twenty years catching up with them on that same day …
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looking back and looking forward
a few days before christmas and i was all set to be going back to luton to spend it with the family although with the snow situation as it is that may be changing. the roads are apparently very clogged in luton and i don’t fancy walking the three …
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only the lonely
this is not by me. it is by raymond tallis and i saw it in The Times today. i thought it was a really thoughtful piece and sometimes to reflect on at this time of year
From The Times December 21, 2009
Warning: don’t let auld acquaintance be forgot
Loneliness …
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saturday review
I am presenting Saturday Review next week- its on Radio 4 next week at 7.15pm and among the items we are talking about is the film of Where the Wild Things Are.