The other day my London flatmate’s girlfriend bumped into me in the street as I was unlocking the door, carrying my suitcase ‘Hey, where were you this time?’ she asked. ‘Ibiza,’ I said. ‘Wow. You have to teach me how you go on all of these holidays,’ she said, clearly jealous. She was living in …
If you’ve been following my stuff for a while you’ll know that I’m currently living in Soho, the area that was formerly London’s red light district. Latterly the scourge of gentrification has fallen heavily. However, the district is still pretty ‘colourful’, particularly at night. To being it to life for you, I took out the …
I’ve lived in Central London for nearly six months now. It’s a childhood dream, since I’ve always loved this city, and previously I’ve only lodged in outlying areas. Right now, when I go downstairs and open the front door I walk straight out onto Shaftesbury Avenue, slap bang in the middle of the West End and …
This afternoon I boarded a flight in Berlin. About an hour or so later I landed in London. We think nothing of it these days, but that’s pretty incredible. This morning I was sitting in my kitchen in Berlin, drinking coffee, writing Tweets and answering email. Now I’n sitting in London writing this. A tale …
I had the train journey from hell today. Eight hours on from Cornwall to London in an absurdly packed carriage. By rights the journey should take five, but what with billions of people (seemingly) escaping the provinces for London there were severe delays. I was lucky enough to get a seat—many didn’t, and I felt …
Readers who follow me on Twitter will doubtless be aware that I often retweet the mischievous, erotic, literary and sometimes cryptic utterances of a shadowy internet figure who calls himself Dr Ernst Gräfenberg (the pseudonym is taken from the man who first discovered the G Spot). While Dr Gräfenberg is not a pickup artist …
Our actions, the way we think and the way we perceive reality are all strongly influenced by cultural conditioning. Perhaps this seems obvious, but spending just a month outside London in Europe really brought this home for me. As regular readers will be aware, I’ve been outside of the UK for the last few weeks. …
In Paris it is all rainy streets and street cafes and espresso and pastries. The city is very beautiful but the main thing about travel is that it makes you all the more keen to regroup, to return and to get on with what you’ve really set your mind on to do. I’m in Paris …
