Royal Oprah I didn’t watch the Royal Oprah production recorded in sunnier climes than the UK at this time of year.
Travelling with Chips Travelling with Chips in the 1920s (I have got to 1926) makes me appreciate the advantages of lockdown. He lives on a vapid, social merry go round.
Chunky Chips I very much enjoyed Chips Channon’s Diaries, the 1967 edition. I was aware it was incomplete out of respect for people still alive.
A Mad World This townhouse, on the Upper East Side, is said to be the largest single-family home in New York.
Brooding There’s plenty of bad news around in the UK, EU and globally. Much closer to home, my home, there’s mostly good news.
Himself and I My paternal grandparents left Ireland with my father in a hurry during the Troubles. They came back to Barmeath in 1938. Hitherto my grandfather had only been there on holiday as a child.