Archive - Love, The Airport

One Taste of the Cheese.

Concerning an unlucky guess, an unnecessary neck, and an undemanding job.

Aug 19 •

What My Younger Uncle's Been Up To; And How I Know.

Concerning junior avuncular ratiocination; a bullied palaeontologist; a new story - and act of hubris - by me, and a valet's ascent of various ladders.

Aug 6 •

July 2025

Guess What's (Ultimately) Named After This Stream.

Concerning influential watercourses; a family of whalers; pre-emptive device-rage and rabbit-sized dinosaurs.

Jul 23 •

June 2025

So Far, I Have Said Nothing About Odour.

Concerning Souvenir Programme recordings, working partnerships, Midsummer Moomins, sceptical New Hebrideans, long-limbed koalas, and unextractable…

Jun 25 •

May 2025

Resting Postures of Koalas, Judged for Practicality and Style.

Concerning imprudent marsupials, implied costs, a well-deserved nomination, a valedictory puzzle, and an extremely thorough rescue.

May 31 •

Thank God it wasn't Foot Day.

Concerning seventeen severe yet oddly flamboyant Dutch guardsmen; a belt-and-braces approach to masks; a handy resource for the absent-minded stabber; a…

May 7 •

April 2025

The Ascent of Gran

Concerning grandmother's footsteps; Harris's antelope squirrel; why I find writing so difficult (part 1 of 643); and whether or not Van Eyck thought he…

Apr 21 •

March 2025

The Grumpiness of the Giant Wombat

Concerning dyspeptic diprotodons; some extremely boozy lunches; and a puzzle involving a squirrel's bottom.

Mar 27 •

The Researcher's First Murder - Solved!

Concerning fathomed depths, an unsubtle tomb, precise self-estimation, a petard-hoist inventor, and a puzzle of misfits.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

The Spiegelhalter Gap

Concerning stubborn jewellers; a surprising dispensation; a severely over-loaded rowing boat, and a puzzle of pubs.

Feb 23 •

Ploughing With A Toy Plough

Concerning an ecstatic spring, a glitzy scoreboard, some far-flung buildings, what Buddha has against Jenga, and what I have against Monopoly.

Feb 11 •

January 2025

I Stand On One Leg and Think of Father.

Concerning demanding cats, anachronistic heroes, a puzzling telegram, the gaff of the mainsail, and a pointy stick.

Jan 31 •

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