Low life
Low life
I shared a taxi from Cheltenham station to the house party in an outlying village with a stripper. Finding a…
Trev leans over to me: ‘Jägers?’ he says. ‘Pope?’ I say.
I walk into the King Bill at eight o’clock and the usual young Friday-night crowd is in and the spirit…
Low life
I walk into the King Bill at eight o’clock and the usual young Friday-night crowd is in and the spirit…
Low life
I walk into the King Bill at eight o’clock and the usual young Friday-night crowd is in and the spirit…
The poetic power of Patrick Hamilton's pubs
Nice airport was more or less deserted. Two-and-a-half hours early for the easyJet flight to Gatwick, I had a leisurely…
Low life
Nice airport was more or less deserted. Two-and-a-half hours early for the easyJet flight to Gatwick, I had a leisurely…
Low life
Nice airport was more or less deserted. Two-and-a-half hours early for the easyJet flight to Gatwick, I had a leisurely…
A gastronomic moron’s view of a legendary French brasserie
Before we left for Sunday lunch at the Les Deux Garçons restaurant, Aix-en-Provence, I checked the reviews on Tripadvisor. I’m…
Low life
Before we left for Sunday lunch at the Les Deux Garçons restaurant, Aix-en-Provence, I checked the reviews on Tripadvisor. I’m…
Low life
Before we left for Sunday lunch at the Les Deux Garçons restaurant, Aix-en-Provence, I checked the reviews on Tripadvisor. I’m…
The upside of cancer
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases in April 2013. It was a bit of a shock, but when…
Low life
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases in April 2013. It was a bit of a shock, but when…
Low life
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer with metastases in April 2013. It was a bit of a shock, but when…
My afternoon with the French Foreign Legion
In the Foreign Legion’s Museum of Memory at Aubagne, near Marseilles, I examined the kit, weapons and uniforms from the…
Low life
In the Foreign Legion’s Museum of Memory at Aubagne, near Marseilles, I examined the kit, weapons and uniforms from the…
Low life
In the Foreign Legion’s Museum of Memory at Aubagne, near Marseilles, I examined the kit, weapons and uniforms from the…
Exit, pursued by drunk polar bear
The hotel reception was lit by three gloomy low-wattage light bulbs. It should have been six but the management was…
Low life
The hotel reception was lit by three gloomy low-wattage light bulbs. It should have been six but the management was…
Low life
The hotel reception was lit by three gloomy low-wattage light bulbs. It should have been six but the management was…
Even a Cambridge-educated spook couldn't make me believe in ghosts
Denis was my guide to and from the new out-of-town Lidl superstore at Salernes in Provence. I drove. The road…
Low life
Denis was my guide to and from the new out-of-town Lidl superstore at Salernes in Provence. I drove. The road…
Low life
Denis was my guide to and from the new out-of-town Lidl superstore at Salernes in Provence. I drove. The road…
So the Queen's a Satanist cannibal? I’d still swear allegiance
Roy was a superb mechanic, a methodical master of his trade. For an hour I respectfully watched him work to…
Low life
Roy was a superb mechanic, a methodical master of his trade. For an hour I respectfully watched him work to…
Low life
Roy was a superb mechanic, a methodical master of his trade. For an hour I respectfully watched him work to…
