The great winter escape 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪


They say timing is everything. Whoever ‘they’ are clearly weren’t talking about my recent departure from Germany – which happened to be exactly three days before Mother Nature decided to dump enough snow on Hannover to make front-page news. Coincidence? Probably. Annoying? Absolutely. Read more

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My ridiculous ambitious writing plan 🇬🇧🇫🇷


 Every year starts with good intentions. This one starts with an ambitious writing plan and a strong suspicion that reality may object. Click in for the details.

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January sport

January delivers wall-to-wall sport and the perfect excuse to stay comfortably seated. I’ve analysed performances, criticised technique and celebrated victories — all while firmly planted in my armchair. Click in to discover why this might be the fittest I’ll feel all month.

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The week that was 01/2026


My luggage divorced itself at Charles de Gaulle, I won a music quiz without answering a single question correctly, and I’m about to start a diet that nobody asked for. If this is what 2026 looks like, buckle up—it’s going to be entertainingly chaotic. Read more

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My “paperless office”

Still dreaming of a paperless office? So was I. Then reality showed up… with boxes, folders, “just-in-case” printouts, and a printer that clearly enjoys irony. 😏 Click in for a gently self-mocking tour of my very modern, very digital, and very paper-everywhere workspace — where scanners hum, clouds overflow, and the paperless dream stubbornly refuses to die.

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Happy New Year

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Looking back… and looking up


As the year winds down, a simple list of flight routes turns into a quiet revelation about how the world really moves. From familiar airports to surprisingly busy corridors across Asia, this is a brief end-of-year reflection on travel, geography, and what a few boarding passes can tell us about the shifting centre of gravity of our planet. Read more

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Settling back 🇬🇧🇫🇷


Freshly home from Germany, the bed is blissful, the coffee is sacred—and the suitcase is still on holiday. Between lost luggage, administrative adventures, creative bursts and a medically questionable reliance on whisky, this is a gentle, humorous return to routine that proves coming home can be just as eventful as going away.

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Back to classics

Turn off the sleigh bells and tune into timeless brilliance. Read more.

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The case of the vanishing cables bag 🇬🇧🇫🇷


After ten days on the road, a missing cable bag reappears, a docking station refuses to cooperate, and a perfectly good MacBook Air stages a silent rebellion. What follows is an afternoon of unplugging, replugging, and negotiating with modern technology—until, without explanation or apology, everything suddenly works again. A short tale of travel, tech, and the quiet certainty that machines only obey once they know you’ve truly given up.

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