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Hi from London

Well, it’s taken a while, but the Elverys are finally connected to this thing you people call “the internet”. Simon and I moved to Bayswater on the 28^th March, so it’s only taken the efforts of two very small, not-for-profit companies called Virgin and British Telecom to get us up and running. Eighty-one days: longer than it takes to go around the world, but less time than it took to build the Pyramids. We already think Jiselle and Tony's baby is both clever and thoughtful. We are sure he or she waited until mum and dad were back from Cairns ... more

A miraculous thing happened today

What makes today's happening even more miraculous is that you really wouldn't expect to require a miracle for it to happen. I know you might find it hard to believe, but today we managed, after an 81 day war with British telecommunication companies to have the internet connected at home in one of the largest cities in the world. I suspect some day soon, there is a post coming about how seriously unbelievable the problems have been, but I'll leave that for another time1. As a result of this 81 day internet hiatus, I'm massively over stocked with holiday type ... more

Another update from Laura

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well and the cold isn't starting to bite too much (no, scrap that. You can all be cold for a bit.) I've had a couple of highlights since I last wrote. The biggest one involves the Sex and the City world premiere, but I'll talk about that later, so see if you can figure it out. The other one is the weather! The last two weeks have been glorious. It actually reached 28 degrees on Sunday and most of the other days have been heading that way. I even got a bit sunburnt sitting at ... more