Time to retire the English bank card 💳 💶 🇬🇧

Heading back on Ryanair to Euro country. I’ll pay for my Gin & Tonic in my home currency, as Ryanair so kindly “prefers”.

I’m told Carcassonne is serving up the same weather I left behind in London, only with blue sky on top. (Ce n’était pas le cas. Blue sky was cancelled, apparently. Like my faith in forecasts.)

Anyway, cheers to a few excellent days in the English capital! 🥂

PS: Is there anything better than King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Camel and Pink Floyd at 30,000-odd feet with a drink in hand? Be honest. Seven-minute guitar solos finally match the pace of Ryanair boarding.

PPS: Have you noticed I haven’t complained about Ryanair this time? Two of us are sharing three seats, so we can spread out like proper aristocrats. The flight is on time, and the flight attendant is delightful. Someone check the aircraft for a miracle. ✈️

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Waiting room chronicles 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪

Punctual doctors in France. A kidney stone with a sense of timing. A wine festival pitching its tents just as my long dry spell reaches its most fragile moment. What could possibly go wrong?

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Confessions of a comic book auditor 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Missing volumes, new releases, irresistible temptation… and a monthly audit that would make an accountant weep!

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Breaking up with Big Tech

Fed up with Big Tech calling the shots? It’s time to break up and discover life beyond the tech giants.

Ditch Big Tech, take back control.

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What to wear 🇬🇧

Shorts or long trousers? The weather can’t decide, and neither can I! Discover the wardrobe dilemma.

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The week the air con went silent 🇬🇧

Long trousers, a rogue kidney stone, a rabbit stew and a surprise reunion with someone I last met fifty years ago in a Paris nightclub. This week had everything except a quiet moment. Come see how it all unfolded.


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The Sunday roast hunt 🇬🇧

🍗 A mission of national importance: finding London’s perfect Sunday roast! Let the roast hunt begin!

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At last… Mission de Guerre has landed! 🇬🇧

Three months after pre-ordering it, Volume 8 has finally landed. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely! ✈️📖

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The credit card is still smoking… 🔥💳

A week that started with gloom and absolutely nothing planned somehow ended with London, West End shows, good food and a trip to the Pyrénées Orientales.

How did that happen?

Click in and find out — my bank manager may already know. 😜

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Feeling better 🇬🇧


    The worst is over… or is it? 👀

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