Real life
‘Yes, you can report it, but it’s going to take ten minutes to go through the process,’ said the oppressively…
Real life
On the basis that I might need a new boiler soon, I thought I had better sell the London flat…
Real life
If anyone wants to know why the Labour party is about to elect Jeremy Corbyn as its leader then they…
Real life
Surely it can be no coincidence that the road by which one enters St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is called Effort…
Real life
The vet bill has been sitting on my desk for three weeks. All vet bills are cruel and unusual but…
Asking too much
Charities’ fundraising practices are out of control
Real life
‘No, I do not do WhatsApp.’ That’s pretty much all I ever seem to say to people nowadays. They ask…
Real life
‘Cydney, we are not moving to Cobham!’ I told the spaniel in my best outraged Margot Leadbetter voice. What a…
Real life
Insomnia has a lot to answer for. I have not been sleeping well for years but a few months ago…
The return of hunting
With luck, the cruel, hypocritical ban could be gone by winter
Real life
Here is what I thought happened. I thought that as I tided my store room at the stables I put…
Real life
This much I know, I never want to live in an ‘executive home’, and neither do I want to live…
‘Oh André!’
André Rieu is a demigod among classical performing artists – and my mother loves him
Real life
Why won’t the middle classes shout at their dogs any more? My suspicion is that the bleeding heart liberals, having…
Real life
Aren’t the police getting younger nowadays — and ruder, and scruffier and more intolerant of middle-class women? In other words,…
Real life
The doctor eyed me suspiciously as I walked into her consulting room. ‘Ye-es?’ she said, nervously, eyeing me up and…
Simply Macnificent
‘I can’t tell you what a thrill it is to get this chance in life,’ said Christine McVie, as the…
Real life
Foolishly, I have this wild notion that one day, if the stars align in my favour, I might be able…
Real life
Andy the tech guy looked delighted when I told him I had done the stupidest thing ever. He is one…
Real life
You can’t always get what you want. And you can never get what you want if you want a phone…
Real life
The ‘I’m Voting For Chuka’ posters in my rich neighbours’ front windows pushed me over the edge. There is nothing…
Real life
In the seemingly endless search for somewhere nice to live in modern Britain, where parking is not subject to martial…
Miliband country
A ‘progressive alliance’ would be a profound threat to rural life
Real life
‘I suppose,’ said my dad philosophically, ‘I could always vote Green.’ ‘Oh, for goodness sake! Not you as well!’ I…
Real life
As a wise person once said (or if they didn’t, they should have), there is only one thing worse than…
