Life
England need to look alive to have a shot at the Rugby World Cup
So the end is near… or it certainly will be soon if England’s rugby players carry on trying to do…
I knew I was right about private schools
The Hunstanton Lawn Tennis Tournament has become an annual fixture in the Young household. Known as ‘Wimbledon-on-Sea’, the week-long competition…
Hassan still has no dhow to captain
Kenya Hassan was our skipper. He’d take us in his dhow out on the Indian Ocean for trips along the…
Is it really possible to get Covid for a fourth time?
‘I can’t go through this again!’ I groaned, as I lay in bed encased in icepacks, one on my eyes…
The glory of Paris has long past
Gstaad A reader’s inquiry as to why I think Paris belongs to yesterday (12 August) has me remembering times past.…
Aussie life
Holding dual Australian and UK citizenship is only problematic when both countries reach the final rounds of a major sporting…
Language
The power (and the usefulness) of language is that it gives us names for ideas. And a name is like…
What wine should you serve to a matador?
We were talking bulls. A friend of mine, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, is a remarkable character who can claim at least two…
The fight over jockey saunas is heating up
When the nine equine athletes involved in the seven-furlong contest for Newbury’s Saturday highlight, the Group Two BetVictor Hungerford Stakes,…
What I learned from being debanked
My own debanking story concerns a card rather than a bank account. Not the same degree of inconvenience as Nigel…
The appalling hypocrisy of Peter Wilby
According to the ancient proverb, if you sit by the river for long enough you will see the body of…
Have millennials sunk my house sale?
We were about to exchange contracts when I got a call from the estate agent to tell me that another…
The day I have dreaded has finally arrived: my birthday
Coronis Trafficking in enchantment, I sailed west to Coronis, the most perfect private isle on this planet. At times I…
