Why, several readers have asked, haven’t I bothered this week to write a single word about Sir Alex Ferguson? They presume to know the reason.…
Why, several readers have asked, haven’t I bothered this week to write a single word about Sir Alex Ferguson? They presume to know the reason.…
Birthdays, I find, always inspire a brief period of reflection, and my latest is no exception. And I mean reflection rather than introspection. I’m not…
Today, I’m going to be uncompromisingly upbeat. It’s not that most of the time I’m unremittingly downbeat -I usually have quite a sunny disposition –…
Back from nine days in a notably chilly south of France that included a two-day excursion to an unusually brisk Barcelona, I’m happy to find…
Last night, M and I saw an extraordinary play, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Rose Theatre, Kingston) by Peter Nicholls. It is…
Is Britain the most slovenly country in Europe? And if it is, was it always that way, or has something occurred to make it so?…
No, since you ask, I haven’t forgotten about the Leveson Report. It’s just that the debate about regulation of the press rumbles on with no…
The British government is considering a ‘cash bond’ scheme in an attempt to curb immigration from ‘high risk’ countries. The proposal, as I understand it,…
In the late nineteenth century, Britain loftily turned its back on the squabbling European powers by adopting a policy that became known as Splendid Isolation. …