Month: July 2018

  • The similarities between VAR and Brexit

    Montgomery T Bear is a writer and adventurer. He is also, obviously, a bear. Born in the forests of Sweden, he has travelled extensively and now resides in London with his landlord Mrs Wilson. I’ve been very excited by the World Cup this summer. Well it seems fairer to say I have been caught up…

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    The Great Masked Ball

    Tonight S and I donned our best masks and finery and headed off to The Great Masked Ball. This Swan Lake-themed immersive theatre and dining experience was one S stumbled across via those kind folks at Design My Night. In the vein of so many of these sort of events, we received instructions and invitations…

  • The summer of the waistcoat

    A few years ago a young man sat at a desk in a small English town and rubbed his hand across a clean-shaven chin. As he sipped a cup of tea he peered out of the window at what was, presumably, a fairly mundane view, and contemplated the world going by outside and his place…

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    This is why we can’t have nice things

    I still remember the feeling; that sinking in the pit of my stomach. My heart was in my mouth and I hardly dared take a breath as the results were announced. I had taken my chance and had my say, but I knew thousands of others around the country had done the same and now…

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    Fun in the sun at RHS Hampton Court

    First off, apologies for the long silence. It has been a crazy couple of weeks and one side effect of writing for a living is that blogging can seem like a busman’s holiday when things get hectic at this end. I’m not sure why. I’m probably not doing it right, but there you go. Either…