Life
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…
Aussie life
At the end of the second world war, socialists around the world still believed in the inevitable overthrow of capitalism…
Language
We all know J.R.R. Tolkien from his epic The Lord of the Rings, voted best novel of the 20th century.…
Fish and chips: the fast food that made me
The last meal my parents had before I graced the world with my presence was fish and chips, so I…
