by P.G. Davies | Dec 29, 2022 | blog
A few days ago someone said ‘as smooth as a bag full of wet mice.’ A choice epithet and one so appropriate to the recent Harry & Meghan series: ultra-smooth and most probably one-sided. The never-ending royal saga, which is hyper-ventilating the world’s media,...
by P.G. Davies | Dec 14, 2022 | blog
Christmas Festivities We are at that time of year again, the festive season of goodwill, cheer, more parties and frothing mouths. The first cab off the rank for this merry season was lunch with my mother-in-law, her nearly nonagenarian friends and my wife. Just seven...
by P.G. Davies | Nov 21, 2022 | featured
Recently dining with a friend from Paris, we were through the main course and were starting cheese when she mentioned ball-sacks. There was of course a perfectly logical explanation as she needed to buy underpants for her eldest son, but then following her line of...
by P.G. Davies | Jul 24, 2021 | blog
Day 1 Day 1 of the six-day lockdown. Met Kirsty in the kitchen at 7am and she was already bored. She has a long list of things she wants to do. By the end of the day the house is cleaned and all the linen has had two washes. Even the cat has been in the wash. Not...
by P.G. Davies | May 28, 2020 | blog
Some of you may know that I recently went into hospital to get my other knee replaced after having got the first one replaced in February. Clearly a man on a mission post-lockdown I got my name down on the waiting list for the second knee. My name was called early...