I’m performing in a revue tonight in Oxford. Should be a lot of fun! I’m mainly doing music, but acting in a few sketches, for only one of which I’ve had to learn multiple lines. (Is that sentence grammatically correct? I was going to put the “for” at the end, but [...]

Blogging is intrinsically self-centred. So, I’m not ashamed to present my score for “The Commonly Confused Words Test”… English GeniusYou scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!You did so extremely well, even I can’t find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that [...]

Work was less than exciting last week. I was feeling pretty down. Fortunately I knew I’d have a good weekend, and that helped keep me going… On Friday evening I met up with a few VOLES in a very nice pub—a few drinks, good company, and the pub even did good food. The [...]