Today was a hopelessly mundane tradition: I completed my tax return. For anyone who is self-employed and slightly disorganised, the end of January is usually…
29 January 2020 – Extrasensory Perception
Today was all about extrasensory perception, or ESP. ESP, apart from being a banging 80s hit by The Bee Gees, is the art of divining…
28 January 2020 – Up Helly Aa
As today is the last Tuesday of January, it’s the Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick. And it’s days like these I wish Sussex…
27 January 2020 – #BigGardenBirdWatch
The Big Garden Bird Watch is an annual tradition organised by the RSPB and has been going more than 40 years. Over a dedicated weekend…
26 January 2020 – Hans My Hedgehog
Today was a bit of a scramble to get my folklore quota in. What I was going to do got cancelled, and then I felt…