Daily Archives: 9 October 2011

Book Launch 01.11.11

Posted on 9 October 2011 by Tournesol

If you can be near The Coronet (Wetherspoon’s) pub in Holloway Road, London N7 (the middle bit near Hollway Road tube (Piccadilly line) on Tuesday 1st November 2011, this is your chance to meet your favourite author – no not me … Continue reading →

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Reculer pour mieux sauter

Posted on 9 October 2011 by Tournesol

‘Reculer pour mieux sauter’ literally translates as ‘to take steps backwards to get a better (run at a) jump’. But my Collins-Robert dictionary tells me that the real translation of this phrase is : ‘to put off the evil day’. … Continue reading →

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