Just to let you know, this week’s column in the Lincolnshire Free Press is all about stand-up comedy and, in particular, Dougie’s habit of getting into conversation with comedians. If you would like to...
The Gallery: Morning in Copenhagen
During the Easter weekend of 2011, this was the beautiful sight which greeted us on our first morning in the city of Copenhagen. We were about to go on a canal boat trip, which would take in...
The Gallery – Vintage – The Mystery of the Danish Dish
When my father died in February this year I began to read his memoirs; they are written in an old lined book, stories of his childhood, National Service and university days. I read about his...
Happiness is a good book
Spotted above a shop in Copenhagen – this perky lady enjoying the pleasures of a good book. Feel free to add your own caption or suggest what she might be, erm, reading? Update: I’m...
Mum’s Gone to Copenhagen – Final Part – Noma next time
The adolescent Merman Getting lost can often be a good thing. We decided to return to the city centre via a different train station, Hellerup, as the Bodyworlds exhibition (see Part Three)...
Mum’s Gone to Copenhagen – Part Three – Bodyworlds
On city breaks there never seems enough time to travel into the suburbs. However on this trip we decided to miss seeing some of the main sights in order to visit Gunther van Hagens’...
Mum’s Gone to Copenhagen – Part Two – Danes just wanna have fun.
Nyhavn – harbour in Copenhagen After the odd sleeping arrangements of the previous night (see last post ) we were grateful to be back together again for breakfast. The number of families with small children...
Mum’s Gone to Copenhagen – Part One – Cock up in Camelot
Bedroom, Hotel Kong Arthur, Copenhagen I had good vibes about Denmark from the outset. Their language for starters. A country which has the word Hej (pronounced Hi) for hello, Hej Hej (Hi Hi) for...