Robert Hugill

I'm gay. Fly me. Is just one of those phrases floating around in my head! Not sure I know the 10cc song!

Over breakfast, Eva informed us that if we went to Munich that day (Sunday), the big market—the Viktualenmarkt—and its associated beer garden would not be open. Though no doubt there would be other places. We havered. But the weather was nice; ideal for a walk. And what swung it was Neil’s comment that a day just chilling would be nice, and I realised that was true. Just him and me. Eva had a map and bus timetable and told us where to eat. We were being organised. It turned into a ma

Thanks!

Is that for real!!

Dead right about the swan boat. But in the context of the story it crops up in Alex's dreams, so anything is possible. Safe to assume Neil has not heard much Wagner. Yet...

The morning of the concert was a final run-through: just Hanno and Winfried getting used to the space where they would be performing in the evening. It was a lovely space indeed. Restored (heavily) but still with the elegant bones of the 16th-century castle. They didn’t rehearse everything: just ‘topped and tailed’—and I couldn’t wait for the full performance. Just before the final, ecstatic song in the Werther cycle—the last thing before Hanno and Winfried were done that morning—I heard

All revealed on Friday!

Hanno had turned up trumps. Sternbach was a small town southwest of Munich, not far from the Starnberger See. The town was relatively compact but very well-heeled with plenty of large houses and discreetly expensive cars. It had expanded in the 1920s and 1930s (go figure), thanks in part to the regular local train services from Munich. The town centre mixed old buildings done up to an inch of their lives and all sorts of modern ones. It was prosperous and looked to be a nice place to l

Wait and see...

Worth the wait...

Yes!

I have always been a bit wary of owt, it looks cruder than it sounds and I know southerners who pronounce it closer to 'ote'

Because some mothers know everything whether told or not!

>Can I come round tonight? “Well, I am in, but…” >I don’t want to do owt. It’s just to use your big table. “Big!” Neil snorted. >Bigger than mine. Have some work. “I’ll be around, but I’ve got teaching.” >Not folk coming round? “No, online.” >I’ll be quiet, keep out your way. “OK. Can I ask why?” > Don’t want Gar to see something. I’d do it at the studio, otherwise. “Oh.” >Design. A table, like you said.

Well spotted!