are you a writer or a blogger?

This is what someone asked me today. (This person was none other than @rmitty, the cutest NYC’er you’ll ever meet). I wasn’t immediately sure. I wondered if there was an obvious Continue reading →

lost for words

I’m not a linguistic purist, and good lord do I abbreviate – but was anyone else a little saddened that ‘LOL’ and ‘OMG’ were recently added to the Oxford Dictionary? Continue reading →

The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs [Hardcover]

Niggle niggle. You know those teeny little things that just piss you off? Sometimes it’s the big issues that can be overcome but the niggly little things that can begin Continue reading →

An App to play around with.

I love London. I love Shakespeare. Is there an App for that? Sure. We all know Stratford-Upon-Avon is brimming with tourist attraction. Mob the actors at the stage door, walk Continue reading →

Booking some time-out.

We are typing, tapping, texting and tweeting A LOT. And if we’re not doing that we are  fiddling with an ipods or mp3s. And if not doing that, we are Continue reading →

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose.

Call the punctuation police. Arrest this. Girl. “I refer to her title: “Girl. Lost in City.” Why the fullstop? Who can tell. It points to a problem most famously discussed Continue reading →

A Poem, by Larded Anew.

Twitter   Inconsequential words Flutter into our lives Like birds:   Tweet tweet, tweet tweet.   You! Famous person! Tell me what you’re doing right now; Not sure how to Continue reading →

konnichiwa! but what about the UK?

konnichiwa! but what about the UK? So I found out today that Haruki Murakami’s amazing book ‘Norwegian Wood’ (one of my all-time FAVES) has been made into a movie. How Continue reading →

Do you have the flu? Affluenza, that is.

This is an old article I wrote for Friction magazine. A review on Oliver James’ ‘Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane’. ‘Once, we used to keep up with Continue reading →