About Town
Out and About in Town
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47. Baader-Meinhof
I think I spotted my first properly purple Nissan Qashqai, and now it seems they are everywhere. The Qashqai is of course one of the more popular UK cars, I just haven’t seen many in that colour. The Baader-Meinhof effect, I suppose? Continue reading
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9. Out and about
After nearly three years of making notional plans to meet up as a group, it finally happened; my two and J’s two spending the whole day at the Legoland close by. Of course, there was tardiness involved, the five year old deciding at the last minute that her regular breakfast of cereal wasn’t going to… Continue reading
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8. Re: Running Behind
Photo by Andy Beales on Unsplash — In her Granta essay, Running Behind, author Stephanie Wambugu reflects on her relationship with (a lack of) punctuality. Weddings and church services are specifically noted in the piece – no surprise to anyone who grew up in an African context. As someone who is fiercely protective of their… Continue reading
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5. Small chops
The train home for me passes through Feltham, home to perhaps one of the more visible Nigerian food spots in Surrey. Today on a whim, I opted for a pit stop, aiming to satisfy my cravings for some hot spicy food. Tucking in when I finally made it home, I felt transported to one of… Continue reading
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3. Cab Conversations in Two Acts
Photo by Viktor Avdeev on Unsplash — Twice over the past two weeks, I had the pain pleasure of needing a taxi early in the morning. To blame was a combination of a super -early start and return to office mandates with the usual options not being feasible for different reasons. In Uber’s hands then… Continue reading
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Spring-ish
Out and about.. — It is perhaps something between wildly optimistic and foolhardy to call it for spring in the first week of March, but given the many days of sustained highs with temperatures north of 14C and nary a cloud in sight, one can be forgiven for snatching at these first nascent signs of… Continue reading
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