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Lesson 6: Getting out of London

The philosopher Janet Jackson taught the world many things, but foremost amongst her lessons was this gem: Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone With that in...

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Lesson 7: Late-night London

After a busy couple of weeks I was due to chill out on this long bank holiday weekend and relax. An impromptu meetup with some more of the aforementioned reddit.com nerds came up on Friday, so after...

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Lesson 8: Don’t believe the hype

While reading my favourite British liberal newspaper (no plug intended) this Saturday, I was struck by a feature entitled “Let’s Not Move To…”, rounding up the UK’s worst places to live, as defined by...

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Some lessons in brief and a run in with a mouse

After a slight hiatus, it’s time to resume blogging – apologies! Today’s entry is a mixed bag, a bit like London itself, really. Without further ado, let’s begin. Three Mini Lessons London has been an...

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Lesson 9: Ignore the signs

The last few weeks have taught me one crucial lesson in settling into London: don’t follow the rules. I’m not condoning a dramatic live-outside-the-law lifestyle here, but rather a slightly more...

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Lesson 10: New Year in London

It was with some trepidation, but mainly excitement, that I approached New Years’ Eve in London. We’d decided quite a while back that we’d like to stay in London for NYE 2010, passing over our other...

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Lesson 11: London’s not just a city

Just before the end of last year I got myself a shiny new bike: the Trek 1.1 C 2011. I’d been hankering after a proper road bike for a while now and with the winter snow all gone, it was time to put it...

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Lessons Learned in the USA

Note: This is a kind of ‘guest post’ where I compare my recent (first-time!) visit to the USA to London. Enjoy! — It was with no small feeling of excitement that I boarded the plane for my first...

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Lesson 12: The ever-changing city

It’s been, as ever, a busy few months in London. Royal weddings, massive protest marches, bomb scares and more. My blogging’s been inversely frequent, too – one thing I’ve found since moving to the...

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How not to go househunting in London: 2011 redux

If the blog’s been quiet the past few months, it’s been because of the pain of househunting. Again. Wasn’t it only a year ago we did this last? I thought this time would be simple. We’d had the...

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