Hamed ArabIt's a disorienting feeling, being simultaneously in flux and frozen. Rather like being on a train that's stopped between stations – you know you're meant to be going somewhere, but you're temporarily suspended in the liminal space between departure and arrival.
Hamed ArabThere's something profoundly surreal about receiving an email informing you that your book – the thing you poured a decade's worth of experience into – will be permanently housed in some of Britain's most prestigious institutions. It's the sort of news that makes you sit down rather suddenly with a cup of tea and stare at the wall for a bit.
Hamed ArabThis week's been no quieter, which is why I'm cobbling this together at an hour when most sensible people are still negotiating with their alarm clocks.
Hamed ArabFrom CAD designer to meeting the Crown Jeweller - this week brought a surreal London trip, Bond Street wanderings, and kitchen disasters. Sometimes life writes better plots than fiction.