The suckiness of having to model good behavior to your kids
OK, this is what it was like here in Boston, Mass, over the last weekend. It’s been bleeping hot, and …
Category Archives: How we’re coming along
US vs UK: What the “L”?
Watch out, world! My daughter Katie takes the wheel on her maiden voyage. “Why don’t they have “L” plates here?” …
US vs UK: English judge judges the jury: “fundamental deficits in understanding.”
Speaking of cats: The very feline-looking cat Lucy and the very feline-looking Vicky Pryce OK, I’ve just got to take …
Christmas in Crich, England, a year ago
Christmas Day began for my mother and me with a midnight church service at our parish church that dates from …
Bob Lescher, my literary agent, R.I.P.
There was a half-page obituary for Robert Lescher in the New York Times this morning. Bob was my literary agent; …
US vs UK: How to get into top colleges/unis
My 18-year-old daughter is in the throes of applying to US colleges, with three weeks to go before the applications …
Stormy weather–now and forever
First, I want to say thank you to my family in England and Scotland, and to my friends in both …
A squirrel at the SATs . . .
OK, I may have had too much to drink (an overly full glass of wine–I’m a cheap date, what can …
Getting shirty with Obama
Hard to believe, but it was only a year ago that I was fighting with the UK Border Control people …
New York, a love story, 11 years later
There are two places in the world that I love above all others: my parents’ village in the Peak …
The Year of Living Englishly 