

Dresden
Back in November 2015, Alexej and I went for a short trip to Dresden and Berlin. I’ve been meaning to write about our trip since then, but other things seem to get in the way. If you can't already tell, we're committed music fans (or at least Alexej is, and I tag along) so we had planned the trip to coincide with the German band Tocotronic playing in Dresden. Within Germany, Dresden is well-known for its art, outside of Germany, our associations with the city for most people,


August's inspiration
Hello again! I’m back, after having gone on my usual unplanned, extended break from writing. A lot has changed in the past year since I last wrote. The main change is that I have an exciting new job that I’ve now been in for six months. I’m an assistant librarian at University of the Arts London, and although it sounds hyperbolic, it is very much a dream job for me. I’m about ten times happier in everything I do as a result. I thought it would be a good time to start a new fe