Is Brackley, Northamptonshire a nice place to live?

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Daventry, the opposite of Hotel California

Living in Daventry, East Midlands

I went to school in Daventry and lived in a village nearby until I scarpered to London in 1997, aged 19. I couldn’t wait. Years later, I’m browsing Facebook and find out a school mate had made it to Australia, married and had kids. The other side of the planet! Desperate times. Others got to […]

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Banbury: I don’t think I’ve quite got over the culture shock

Living in Banbury

Banbury. Surely the home of Chavdom. I lived in West London (Kew) for 20 years and moved here in 2001 – I don’t think I’ve quite got over the culture shock even now. It all starts to go wrong at the railway station where a bunch of ****** lovely Irish travelling folk have set up […]

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