Humidity: 100%

Greece, which is where I grew up, gets a hell of a lot hotter than the Dominican Republic – mainly because it’s so much like a desert. But there is one profound difference which really makes Greece a lot more pleasant in terms of the weather: when you go to …

Off to Berlin

We’re leaving tomorrow (or today, rather, if you’re into that sort of pedantry) to go visit my old friend Julian in Berlin, so no updates over the weekend. And now a random recommendation: Hugh Laurie’s novel The Gun Seller is absolutely brilliant. Some people insist on calling it a “spoof …