On referendum day, my mother leaned on my arm for support and we walked slowly and carefully up the steps…

Before dashing out of the door and driving to Nice airport, I gave my eyebrows a quick trim with the…

Before dashing out of the door and driving to Nice airport, I gave my eyebrows a quick trim with the…

Michel is one of those Frenchmen one encounters now and again whose shining saintliness is beyond rational understanding. This great…

Michel is one of those Frenchmen one encounters now and again whose shining saintliness is beyond rational understanding. This great…

Showered and shaved and wearing a stiff new Paul Smith candy-stripe shirt, I took an Uber to the party. I…

Showered and shaved and wearing a stiff new Paul Smith candy-stripe shirt, I took an Uber to the party. I…

Hours before boarding the cross-Channel car ferry, I received a text message from the company warning of severe fuel shortages…

Hours before boarding the cross-Channel car ferry, I received a text message from the company warning of severe fuel shortages…

We cleared the kitchen table for a game of pick-up sticks. Remember them? Thirty long, thin bamboo sticks, their differing…

We cleared the kitchen table for a game of pick-up sticks. Remember them? Thirty long, thin bamboo sticks, their differing…

A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…

A fresh start in a new gym in a foreign country. The serious young gym attendant didn’t speak a word…

On Sunday we were invited for lunch at Chez Bruno, an unbelievably posh restaurant in the south of France. At…

On Sunday we were invited for lunch at Chez Bruno, an unbelievably posh restaurant in the south of France. At…

The tourist information office of the small French country town looked closed. Peering between the posters on the window glass,…

The tourist information office of the small French country town looked closed. Peering between the posters on the window glass,…

I drank Bombay gin and Fever-Tree tonic on the half-empty easyJet flight to Gatwick. I was even offered ice cubes.…

I drank Bombay gin and Fever-Tree tonic on the half-empty easyJet flight to Gatwick. I was even offered ice cubes.…

What consolation in life can Arthur and I find after that defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the…

What consolation in life can Arthur and I find after that defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the…

On Monday morning I was in a blind panic. The deadline for posted manuscript entries to the Daily Mail First…