Capturing Dad

At 0545 the request for “shall I take a selfie of you, Dad?” Too groggy to argue, too bleary to refuse. Small hands took my iPhone, snapped away. And produced the most amazing portrait. The Boy has a talent.

Boy's Own

Bond: a Boy’s Dossier

We’ve been watching Bond films over Christmas: time to introduce a young man to espionage and glamour with some pretty great music and (mostly) lovely tailoring, not to mention powerful […]

In brief

So, 2018

Reflecting on a year

Boy's Own

Wonderland bonkers

In the latest of his occasional columns, The Grifflet (8) reviews Sherman Theatre’s production of Alice In Wonderland. Grammar is edited by Dad, but the words are his. In the […]

Father

Don’t stop believing

A poet friend of mine wrote beautifully that “There is no power on earth stronger than the fierce determination of a child’s belief.” Whether you’re old or young, please never […]

Father

Time flies away

I went back up to Oxford this weekend on a secret mission. Meeting an old friend I haven’t seen for 20 years, it was a discreet exchange of brass instruments […]

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