Real life
The last time I bought a set of tyres in south London I came away not quite knowing whether I…
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My upstairs neighbours are terribly nice, but too naive to be allowed to renovate their flat in peace. The two…
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After the £1,100 quote from the vet in London I drove down the A3 and out the other side of…
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If these speed awareness courses get much more entertaining and informative they might become a dangerous incentive to break the…
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My attempt to have a small cyst removed from the spaniel was always going to be fraught with difficulty. My…
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When in India, I always appal my highly educated tour guides. They despair of me, as they drag me round…
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All disputes are now a clash of rights in which both sides compete to see who has the greatest claim…
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‘Start at the back and try to pass as many horses as you can,’ said the trainer, as we stepped…
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‘Sadly, the world is filled with apathy,’ said my friend, as we looked at our sad little list of conscripts…
My part-time boyfriend and I bonded over the Tooting Honey Toilets
A boyfriend’s for life, not just for Christmas. It’s no good me getting myself a nice cuddly man with whom…
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Go on, they said. Go on a date. Let your friend fix you up with a nice eligible man. Nothing…
The sabs hate us because we’re patriotic, top-rate tax-paying, law-abiding scum
‘You lot are a disgrace! Chasing after defenceless animals on horseback!’ The bearded anti was on his mountain bike on…
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I got on a bus. Well, I wasn’t to know, was I? I just saw a bus stop by the…
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By the time you read this I will have delivered my long-awaited speech to the World Horse Welfare annual conference…
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A letter has arrived summoning me to parents’ evening to discuss Cydney’s progress. Yes, I am aware that Cydney is…
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‘This is a two Voltarol day,’ I thought, as I popped another pill and settled into the bath after Darcy’s…
Forty is a feminist issue
For older women, the battle for equality is far from won
Sabs don’t want to stop fox-hunting; they never did
Devotee of the old ways though I am, I can just about understand why a misguided animal lover might oppose…
Whoosh! I was addicted from the first gallop to the heavenly, godlike, immortal speed
The young lad behind the counter of the betting shop looked at me askance. ‘This horse is 200–1.’ ‘Yes. I…
I rode my own racehorse and was changed for ever
‘The last owner who tried to ride his own horse got tanked,’ said the trainer, looking up at me as…
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At least two insurances are going to have to go, as I grapple with fear of penury, I have decided.…
Trouble brewing
Indian magnate Nirmal Sethia on what the English get wrong about tea – and the other countries seeking to recruit our discontented non-doms
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After pulling out of my flat sale and U-turning on the idea of moving to the Cotswolds, it took me…
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‘Are you afraid of falling over?’ asked the bored young radiologist, as he started filling out the forms. I had…
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Exciting news. We might be expecting. I say might because I haven’t done a pregnancy test yet. I thought about…
