On the Monday before Christmas, the black dog came around again and I couldn’t get out of bed. I lay…

I drew back the curtains. Yet another absolutely still, sunny day. Early-morning mist lying in the valleys. An echoing report…

I drew back the curtains. Yet another absolutely still, sunny day. Early-morning mist lying in the valleys. An echoing report…

We’re driving east, destination Grasse. Hairpin bends circling oak-clad hills. Autumn gold and scarlet. Exciting cambers. Blinding winter sunshine. The…

We’re driving east, destination Grasse. Hairpin bends circling oak-clad hills. Autumn gold and scarlet. Exciting cambers. Blinding winter sunshine. The…

My mother is a bore magnet. They travel from miles around to sit in the chair opposite hers and tell…

My mother is a bore magnet. They travel from miles around to sit in the chair opposite hers and tell…

Six months ago I bought a garden chair on eBay. When I went to the address to pick it up,…

Six months ago I bought a garden chair on eBay. When I went to the address to pick it up,…

The day after the American people applied a very welcome touch on the brakes to the Enlightenment juggernaut, I went…

The day after the American people applied a very welcome touch on the brakes to the Enlightenment juggernaut, I went…

I didn’t fancy the hotel breakfast, so I wandered into Arles old town looking for a café. The weather and…

I didn’t fancy the hotel breakfast, so I wandered into Arles old town looking for a café. The weather and…

‘Look at them, they’re all fat,’ he said. I’d slowed the car to allow four children to cross the zebra…

‘Look at them, they’re all fat,’ he said. I’d slowed the car to allow four children to cross the zebra…

There were six of us round the table to celebrate Trafalgar Day. We ate the same dinner served to Her…

There were six of us round the table to celebrate Trafalgar Day. We ate the same dinner served to Her…