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I am cursed. The curse reveals itself every four years during the World Cup. Since 1990 I have split up/or had a close splitting up call with every man I have been dating during a World Cup. And not due to arguing over the football (I always support Italy with a favourable eye on Sweden [...]

There is a road in Siena province I call ‘the beautiful road’. I know it is a beautiful road because the map that knows all things says so. I was looking around the Università degli Studi di Siena in 2000 and I thought “I could love this place.” I signed up promptly on the dotted [...]

This has been just what I didn’t need today. I felt too ill to go out and see the lovely Malders and her Sithness last night and now this. I logged into 20Six today to see if the change had finally happened. God it looks so crap. Anyway, I tried to login and it said [...]

Just about to idly flick around Sky while doing some important dolly related commerce when I noticed the BBC Parliament Channel. Starting at 11.30 through to 18.45 we have the following schedule: Terrorism detention powers committee (1 session) War making powers committee (3 sessions) War against terrorism committee (2 sessions) I don’t know whether to [...]

A funny thing happened at lunch the other day. We were at one of our favourite restaurtants in deepest southern Tuscany. They have fabulous food, fabulous wine and a brilliant enoteca next door which sells wine not only from Tuscany but the whole of Italy and there are cheeses, jams, cured meats… heaven. Our favourite [...]