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Send me on my way 8 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
Moving country is six different spreadsheets, logging everything from your finances to the clothes you’re taking, storing, dumping. It’s crossing something off your to-do list and feeling smug, before...
Go on, go on, your choice is made 15 Jul 2013 | 11:17 pm
Friday 26th April You cry when you hug Caroline goodbye. You cry during the twenty minute cab ride to the airport, you cry while you check in, you cry after you clear security and G buys you a bottle...
The final countdown 30 Jul 2012 | 06:43 am
And when it ends, it ends like this. *** I sit on a Croatian beach, buried deep in the islands in the north. It hit 38 degrees earlier today, and the air is still heavy and hot though it’s past midn...
Things can only get better 19 May 2012 | 08:30 am
Yesterday I met Joe Galliano, the Editor and Founder of “Dear Me: A Letter to My 16-Year-Old Self“. It made me wonder what I would say to the 16-year-old version of myself. Dear Ellen You are curren...
Disappointed, once more 23 Apr 2012 | 07:31 am
In October, I sign up for the London Marathon 2012, because last year’s race was the best day of my life. “Unprecedented,” I think. “Who’d have thought a year ago that I’d run two marathons?” But alre...
How come you’re always such a fussy young man? 10 Apr 2012 | 05:39 am
A couple of weeks ago, I go to a work event where for three hours I talk and laugh with colleagues and supporters. The event’s a success; afterwards we head to a pub across the road to debrief and con...
I don’t want to miss a thing 9 Mar 2012 | 01:29 pm
Tonight we go to Lou’s for spag bol and wine. We gossip and laugh and eat too much, and finally we push our chairs away from the table, loosen our belts and fall silent. “Did you know,” Gemma says, i...
Dreams can come true 14 Feb 2012 | 07:03 am
Take it from me: there is no better time to write a blog post than when you’re trying to waste time because you’re standing in a non-moving queue about to board an Easyjet flight to Amsterdam, where y...
When you’re in need of love they give you care and attention 8 Feb 2012 | 11:01 am
“Did you know it’s -20 degrees in Amsterdam at the moment?” asked Gemma, as we planned our forthcoming European jaunt over a Monday night milkshake. (Where ‘planned’ means ‘realised we have no idea wh...
The best things in life are free 30 Jan 2012 | 07:25 am
Highlights of marathon training: nos. 1-5 1. You can eat what you want. Cf: my daily Creme Egg and weekly Dominos. 2. You can post smug tweets like “11 miles: done” on a Sunday in full knowledge tha...
