Today marks the first anniversary of a bizarre, and in some respects comical, sequence of events arising from a minor incident involving a man, a…
Today marks the first anniversary of a bizarre, and in some respects comical, sequence of events arising from a minor incident involving a man, a…
To be honest, I could never really see the point of David Frost (who died over the weekend). He had no obvious talents as an…
This may be a case of veering from the sublime to the ridiculous. Recently I wrote a piece in praise of Elmore Leonard, who died…
Last night, as we watched on television news the terrible scenes of bloody rioting in Cairo, and of the continuing mayhem in Syria, M asked…
What a splendid sight it was last week, British warships sailing out of Portsmouth harbour – Spithead to some of you – cheered on from…
As the players tramped off the field for tea on the last day of the final Test Match of the Ashes series, the game seemed…
Will someone remind me again, because I must have forgotten, why we think it’s a sound idea to lob missiles into Syria. Isn’t this in…
In 1959, when I was seventeen, I had the debatable privilege of meeting Cliff Richard. We had only a brief chat – about what I…