Is Keir Starmer too boring to be prime minister?
‘What do you know about Keir Starmer?’ My friend’s question came as we sat in the pub. It was part of…
We should all embrace the power of games
Board games especially – dating back to at least 3000 BC – have never been idle entertainment but help boost the memory and teach valuable strategic skills
Stress Test: some cricket fans can’t cope with the Ashes
The Ashes has become too much for some cricket fans
How instant communication killed conversation
How instant communication killed conversation
Gruesome British folk sports – from cheese-rolling to Hare Pie Scramble
Harry Pearson’s tour of village games over the centuries even includes a Georgian football match where an Englishman’s severed head was used as the ball
Why I’ve built my own coffin
I’ve built my own coffin
Why we’ll miss ‘Motty’
There’s a sheepskin coat hanging just inside the Pearly Gates. Yes, John Motson has died. That appears to be the…
The beauty of a Wetherspoons pub
The J.D. does indeed come from J.D. ‘Boss’ Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard. But Tim Martin’s reason for ‘Wetherspoon’…
All bar none: there’s more to the pub than just drink
There’s more to the pub than just drink
Why men share trivia
The truth about male ‘competitiveness’
Why crowds are so pleasing
London, writes Dr Watson in the first Sherlock Holmes story, is ‘that great cesspool into which all the loungers and…
Where’s the fun in football without the fans?
Football is back — but the fans aren’t. Covid means that clubs have to play their games behind closed doors.…
From ABBA to Pet Shop Boys: how bands got their names
You wouldn’t have thought that Starbucks’s pricing policy could influence rock history, but that’s what happened. In the early 1990s,…
Perfectly serviceable – at points even charming: Four Kids and It reviewed
This film contains flying children, time travel and a sand monster that lives under a beach — yet the most…
How to work from home (according to Churchill, Einstein and Napoleon)
Working from home has been on the rise for years. No one expected the latest surge to happen in the…
I regret my bust-up with the Bee Gees: Clive Anderson interviewed
Mark Mason talks to Clive Anderson about mistaken identity, Macbeth and making a career out of being a bit of a smartarse
Why does Big Ben bong on the radio before it does in real life?
The debate over whether Big Ben should bong to mark Brexit isn’t the first time the famous bell has caused…
