Tag Archive: Tim Minchin

Feb
02

German humour – something most Brits don’t grasp…

…with the exception of  Stewart Lee, who wrote brilliantly about the differences between German and British humour four years ago. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/may/23/germany.features11 It all comes down to language. And context. I have been living here for almost eight years, find all sorts of things very funny, consider myself as someone with a dry humour and I …

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Dec
30

A Catty Christmas

Dusty's paw marks in the snow © Paul White 2009

    I’m back from home in Cologne, where I spent Christmas with my dad and my sister and Dusty the Norwegian Forest who was originally my mum’s cat. She’s is the most adorable pretty cat. And she’s very different from Bobby – Dusty is an excellent hunter. She brings in mice, much to my …

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