Life
Port is fashionable once again
I once drank some excellent port at Ted Heath’s table. The invitation came as a surprise, but it almost certainly…
Dear Mary: how can I make my untidy twin look better?
Q. I have a public profile and have always looked after my personal presentation, but my identical twin has never…
Am I allowed to make fun of women’s football?
I’m loath to write about the current Fifa World Cup because criticising women’s football is textbook ‘misogyny’ – at least,…
Just stop HS2!
I have two suggestions for HS2. Either stop it or make it stop. The spiralling cost and delays are reason enough…
Tom Marquand was the star of Goodwood
On no course in Britain does jockeyship count for more than at undulating, tricksy Goodwood and although Frankie Dettori was…
Will I have to forcibly flood my house to sell it?
‘Come on, let’s get a move on with filling in all the forms and we could have this done and…
In praise of minding your own business
Athens With energy bordering on the demonic, I strut around an ancient stadium trying to make up for…
Aussie life
The tide seems to be turning. It is looking increasingly likely that what is the daftest referendum ever dreamt up…
Language
‘They’ is not a singular pronoun. It’s a fairly simple concept, but some people are struggling to grasp it. The…
‘Thinks of the diner, not the chef’: Claridge’s Restaurant, reviewed
The BBC made a very odd documentary about the renovation of Claridge’s: The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. They filmed, agog, as…
Pavlova: the crumble of summer
Whenever I tell someone that I’m making a pavlova the response is the same: sheer joy. Even the most fervent…
Stuart Broad would make a great politician
And they said Test cricket was in its death throes! This epic, attention-grabbing, emotion-wringing Ashes series ended in the last…
What does a supercomputer say about QPR’s chances?
The football season gets under way again on Saturday – or at least it does if your team isn’t in…
British champions
Three protagonists shaped the action at the British Championships, held at De Montfort University in Leicester last month, with sharply…
A farewell to alcohol
Laikipia Some are saved by Jesus and they are sober. For others, drunkenness is as natural as love-making, roasted meat…
