10 August 2017 The Holiday Competition A change in conversation. By Chin Chin An English summer sees many changes. The trees which budded in April begin to lose their spring blossom and come into glorious leaf in the course of June. Meanwhile, down on the chalk streams, the trout, gorged on the plentiful insect life… Continue reading Issue 117: 2017 08 10: The Holiday Competition (Chin Chin)
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Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Talking About Holidays (Chin Chin)
01 September 2016 Talking About Holidays A question of points on the board. By Chin Chin Like fruit, topics of conversation have their season, one week’s chatter supplanting another. This time it is Olympic medals; then it will be a new book; the week after that a corruption scandal spiced with a little sex on… Continue reading Issue 69: 2016 09 01: Talking About Holidays (Chin Chin)
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
12 May 2016 Facebook Friends Their vanity exposed. By Chin Chin Well I’m certainly not going to Leeds. Nor indeed to Manchester where the great Yorkshire chef Michael O’Hare is opening his second restaurant, come to that. Yes, I know he has a Michelin star and that his recipe for barbequed prawn brains puts him… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Facebook Friends (Chin Chin)
