To check out the price of... Assisted death in Switzerland. Only then did I discover that Belgium has the best prices. But I think Holland might swing it with one of those Euphoria packages.

My maternal grandfather My mother wanted to name me Andrew. My father warned that at school I would be teased and called "Andy Mann". That's why I am named after Grandpa Willie. FYI: In the UK Willie is a contraction of William and Billy is a mutation of Willie or sometimes Willy, though that is … Continue reading Where did your name come from?

The applause

Amount... ...when they mean NUMBER.

The oldest profession

Your dignity

Another weird food story, yawn... Heston Blumenthal is widely credited with being the crackpot inventor of weird food. But the Victorians were at it too, says an article in the Conversation, and especially with ice-cream. Heston may have his notorious bacon-and-egg ice-cream as one of his flagship "molecular gastronomy" dishes, but in 1885 Mr Whippy … Continue reading Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story.

First we will go to... First we will go to Paris next month for an exhibition at the amazing Halle Saint Pierre of three artists from the Jennifer Lauren Gallery. We wanted to book seat 61 on the Eurostar but got a message from The Man In Seat 61 saying seat 61 has been block … Continue reading What are your future travel plans?

Amazon Prime playlists The one piping out of the smart speaker at the moment is Film Soundtracks for Study. Later it will be Film Soundtracks for Reading, then Film Soundtracks for Relaxing. Not that I'm predictable.

Fish-finger sandwiches

The Crying Game