and so to liverpool

the adelphi is an institution

most of the people who were in it looked like they had escaped from one

boom boom

not true. they were mainly old ladies on coach tours sitting in the huge ballroom drinking cups of tea

once i'd got another room - this time with locking door and no broken bath - i was fine

went to a reception in the father-in-law's first workplace. after an initial panic at not knowing anyone, cornered someone and talked to them.

was all big and grown up eating dinner on my own in a restaurant.