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One of my proudest parental achievement has to get my kids into Jonathan Richman. I reckon anyone who has a little Jonathan in their lives can never be entirely miserable. And so it’s ‘Back in your life’ to fall asleep most evenings at the moment. […]
I introduced you to the Spooners a couple of days ago starting with Lucy Picker and here’s now another classic number. The Spooners are an homage to spoonerism, this wordgame where the first letters of two words get swapped around to more or less tasteful results. Let’s […]
So drawing is clearly fun. But so is baking. So I have set up a cake shop. It’s called ‘Choux la la!’ and it’s super pretty and magical and it doesn’t make you fat at all. Only problem is, it only exists in my head […]
Meet Olivier Chauzy – a very good friend of mine, who I have known for over 20 years now. We met on the dance floor of the New Fluo – my favourite (now defunct) nightclub in Toulouse, which pretty much sorted my musical education (amongst other things). The timewarp […]
Welcome to another series of musings, starting with Lucy Picker… Who are the Spooners, I hear you ask? You could say they are distant cousins of Dr Spooner – a genial man famed for his unintended adventures in the English language – did he not […]
My my my, Delilah! Like the 20s flapper vibe of that one – near disaster though when daughter spilled her tea and a splosh landed on this sassy lady’s dress. This turned quickly into a yellow spot, so added a few and actually liked the […]
Might be back in Blighty, but still happily enjoying the ‘fruits’ of spring…
Today is my mum’s birthday – and it was high time I paid my dues. Happy birthday Maman!!! Maman was a dancer, then a dance teacher by trade, she’s actually still teaching for the Dance Diploma in Toulouse. She is also a bit of a […]
Just before Easter, my parents came to stay for a few days. I needed help with the kids during the holidays and they were desperate to see their grandchildren. They’re in Toulouse, you see. It was truly a lovely time for everyone, just something that […]
Karuski's little shop of colours 