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Yep, my stay in Aachen is coming to an end. For now, at least. I've spent the best part of four months here now, and will return in Janu...

Christmas markets. It's what you do when you're in Germany and it's, like, December, innit? I certainly did. Last weekend I head...

I went to see the latest Bond film yesterday evening. It was certainly a step up from Die Another Day. No more hilarious technologies and ri...

Hello everyone! I'm not going to apologise for not posting for three weeks. Well, I'll apologise for not posting for two weeks, but ...

Last Sunday I set out on my most ambitious walk yet. My starting point was Monschau, the picturesque little town I mentioned earlier - which...

A short post this week, mainly because it's late and I don't have all that much to say. Dutch classes have started again, and I'...

Well, sort of. The weather seems to be maintaining a strange but pleasant ratio of darkness and rain on weekdays, sun and breezes at weekend...

After what seemed like an insurmountable series of obstacles and an excessive amount of time, I'm finally going to get my home internet ...

Not much to say this week. That is, although lots of things that are useful to me have happened, none of it's very exciting. For instanc...

Last week's post didn't really have much to do with what I've been up to, did it? It was self-indulgent tripe, really, wasn'...

Yesterday I got a bus out of town and walked through a few miles of beautiful mixed woodland crisscrossed with many, many ancient paths and ...

was the name on a letter I received today. According to the Grünenthal company doctor, Mr. Walgden is apparently in fine health. Really. You...

No, really. It's written on a shopfront at the end of my street. It's a very long word and symptomatic of all that is silly about Ge...

You will need: Basil (poor guy... he gets it bad...) Thyme 1 jar Sainsbury's Double Concentrate Tomato Puree An onion A carrot Some brow...

is the title of the new album from one of my favourite bands, Mew, a little-known rock band from Denmark. I first got interested in this ban...

Me and Latifa have college kids! Yay! They aren't linguists, but it doesn't matter. The love will still be spreaded. My work over th...

I need to be back in Cambridge on the 1st of October. The Arcade Fire are playing the Leadmill, in Sheffield, on the 1st of October. It'...

Today at work I broke the dishwasher. Some would be proud of this achievement. Not me. I just felt like a complete, drooling idiot. I'd ...

Well, wow. I don't want to risk this blog turning into an intelligent commentary, but just look at this . I have to say that I had absol...

I'm back from Germany and on fine form, although like all recent summers it's far too hot and stuffy (global warming?). Various conv...