Monday 25th May 2009

Added on 25 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table The phone rang this week. It’s one of the things that phones do, but I wish they wouldn’t. When the phone rings in the house I usually sit back, make a cup of tea, open the paper at the sports pages and let someone else get it. And if the person on the other end ...

Monday 18th May 2009

Added on 18 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table The Strange Case songs all went up on our MySpace page last week. Richard, my band partner, circulated the link to his friends. The e-mail got forwarded on and on again. Eventually one of the people in the chain replied to everybody who’d received it, complementing the m...

Monday 11th May 2009

Added on 11 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table Friday afternoon was a normal sort of afternoon. The kids were in school; the sun was shining; the birds of spring were singing melancholic songs lamenting the passing of winter (Polish birds like to complain about everything); a gentle wind blew, softly caressing the last of ...

Monday 4th May 2009

Added on 04 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table It’s a common mistaken belief that the filthiest, most germ-encrusted item in any household is the kitchen cloth. We generally use them for a few days without washing them, and by the time they start to smell a bit weird and we stick ‘em in the wash, they have th...

Monday 27th April 2009

Added on 27 April 2009

A Dementor At My Table Just back from my annual foray to the London Book Fair. When I say annual, I mean that in the sense that this was the first time I’d ever been. So not really annual, but the potential is there. From this position of virginal visitation, it was impossible to tell what ...