http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:27:06 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=6418 We step up to the passport counter in Heathrow and the Border Force man takes a look at our pair of mismatched passports; one Aussie and one EU. ‘So how do you two know each other then?’ An innocent enough-sounding question, it has the air of small talk at a dull party, but it is asked in quite an aggressive way, and I’m confused after 7 hours of flying. It seems out of context and I feel my answer will determine (or rather, this man will) whether or not we’re allowed in to Britain. Struggling for a middle ground between recounting our entire romantic history and telling him to get fucked, I blurt out ‘We’re, you know...in a relationship?’ He seems ok with this and after determining we’re here for a holiday and a conference he lets us through.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2014/06/shoreditch1/feed/ 8