Life
Eat here now: Darjeeling Express reviewed
Darjeeling Express lives at the top of Kingly Court, just off Carnaby Street, which was once the world-famous embodiment of…
Spectator competition winners: poems for Betty Boothroyd
In Competition No. 3292, you were invited to provide a poem to mark the death of Betty Boothroyd. The formidable…
In praise of Sharron Davies
It’s been quite a while since we celebrated any of Sharron Davies’s considerable achievements in the pool – well, a…
There’s no bargaining with my wife
For me, one of the joys of going abroad is bargaining with the local sellers. They name an extortionate price;…
Bring back the savoury!
For a while now, we’ve been living through a renaissance of classical British cooking: a whole host of restaurants have…
My pony has an astonishing digestive system
The pony grabbed the bag of carrots and ran across the field with it in her mouth, tail in the…
The joy of a hospital honeymoon
The morning after we were wedded, I went to hospital in Marseille. The oncologist wanted to assess the pain level…
Language
The charity Oxfam has come under fire for issuing a bizarre ‘inclusive’ language guide to staff. The 92-page report warns…
Aussie life
Two weeks after our Prime Minister told us he will be attending the coronation of Charles III we still don’t…
A nose of wet chihuahua: the rich vocabulary of wine
Some decades ago, there was a Tory MP called John Stokes: eventually, and deservedly, Sir John. He had no interest…
2597: A couple
Five unclued lights are connected with one partner, four with the other. Another links both. Across 1 Nervous about yarn…
Why should everyone have an electric car?
Some excellent thinking this month from the Italian complexity theorist Luca Dellanna: Two days ago, the EU parliament approved a…
Who owns your child’s image?
On Monday, a bill was passed by the National Assembly in France that will give courts the power to prevent…
