Tea Stains - British Woman in Bangkok

• On sidling back in... 8 years ago This weekend I watched Star Wars IV and V.Nearly half a century old and I’d never seen a single Star Wars film until last December when Star Wars VII - The Force Awakens came out. I wish I could say that I loved it so much I had to watch the rest of the films, but alas, no. I actually fell asleep...
• What I read in 2015 8 years ago According to Yes by Dawn FrenchCapital by John LanchesterThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz*The Sisterhood by Emily BarrCareer of Evil by Robert GalbraithThe Bees by Laline PaullI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshAfter You by Joyo MoyesThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessey by Rachel...
• What I read in 2014 9 years ago The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters*Her by Harriet LaneThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire NorthA Cornish Affair by Liz FenwickThe Murder Bag by Tony ParsonsLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerPublic Battles, Private Wars by Laura...
• A tiny flaw in the plan... 10 years ago Ahhh, so there was something of a weakness in my plan, wasn't there? On Sunday, did I not say something along the lines of "there were some good things in 2013 and I shall come and tell you about them"? No, no, it's not exactly that I've forgotten what they were; I do have photographic evidence to...
• My wonky New Year 10 years ago Has all that overt New Year optimism gone? Is it safe to come out now? I felt unaccountably low on New Year’s Eve, which Husband and I spent on our sofa watching the last series of Luther. Rock and Roll we're not.I say unaccountablybecause yes, it had been a rotten year, but I...

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