After a tense two week stand-off, the Balham Airbnb Crisis has been resolved. My upstairs neighbour and I have drawn…

Some people call their house Dun Roamin’ to sum up their state of mind. After ten weeks ministering to my…

Hello, Cydney spaniel here. She’s lying in a darkened room so I’m to tell you what happened. To cut a…

Buffy Sainte-Marie said it best. ‘The lights of town are at my back, my heart is full of stars./ And…

The gloves are off in my battle with the two brothers who live in the flat upstairs. They have just…

The cottage of my dreams (or possibly worst nightmares) proved rather difficult to purchase, not least because the agent selling…

I am becoming the Basil Fawlty of Airbnb. Almost everything that tormented Basil has tormented me since I started taking…

My adventures in penury land me with two job applications on my screen, one for MI6, one for Sainsbury’s. Do…

After a year of affordable car insurance, I knew I had to be in for it when my premium came…

If you are the sort of person who enjoys tinkering with a classic car prone to myriad mechanical problems then…

Diamonds are for ever. Plumbers take a lifetime. They never finish. No job is too big or small for them…

‘Racing is 99.9 per cent disappointment,’ said the trainer philosophically, as I sat in the yard sipping coffee, waiting for…

Darcy trod on a screw. Five little words which, if Darcy was anything other than a thoroughbred horse, might signify…

The last time I bought a set of tyres in south London I came away not quite knowing whether I…

My upstairs neighbours are terribly nice, but too naive to be allowed to renovate their flat in peace. The two…

After the £1,100 quote from the vet in London I drove down the A3 and out the other side of…

If these speed awareness courses get much more entertaining and informative they might become a dangerous incentive to break the…

My attempt to have a small cyst removed from the spaniel was always going to be fraught with difficulty. My…

When in India, I always appal my highly educated tour guides. They despair of me, as they drag me round…

All disputes are now a clash of rights in which both sides compete to see who has the greatest claim…

‘Start at the back and try to pass as many horses as you can,’ said the trainer, as we stepped…

‘Sadly, the world is filled with apathy,’ said my friend, as we looked at our sad little list of conscripts…

A boyfriend’s for life, not just for Christmas. It’s no good me getting myself a nice cuddly man with whom…

Go on, they said. Go on a date. Let your friend fix you up with a nice eligible man. Nothing…

‘You lot are a disgrace! Chasing after defenceless animals on horseback!’ The bearded anti was on his mountain bike on…