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Why ‘my’?
There’s a plague of first-person advertising
Of geese and men
They’re noisy, filthy, scary – and glorious. No wonder we have such complicated feelings about them
Who steals books?
At my shop, it seems to be everyone from students to organised professional gangs
Communism kills
We need a museum to help us remember that
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
Courchevel
The last time I stayed in Courchevel it was in a tatty roadside chalet a long way down the mountain.…
The Tory dogfight
The Brexit campaign has only just started to demonstrate its strength
Out on the farm
How would British farming change without EU subsidies?
A foolish proposal
It’s nonsense that women should be given one day in every four years to propose marriage
The trouble with the Kurds
Western powers’ favourite allies in Iraq and Syria have problems – and divisions – of their own
Mistakes to remember
False memory disasters, from Keith Moon’s wedding-night abseil to Sophia Loren’s peanut addiction
Save our Helen!
Archers listeners are so obsessed with the soap’s domestic abuse storyline that they have set up a real-life charity appeal
Bangkok
Last time I went to Thailand, there’d been something of a misunderstanding about accommodation, and my friend and I ended…
Bangkok
Last time I went to Thailand, there’d been something of a misunderstanding about accommodation, and my friend and I ended…
Putin’s great game
In Syria, the Russian leader is on the verge of his biggest – and riskiest – coup yet
Dealing with The Donald
Don’t blame the voters – this is a monster of the GOP’s making
Big heads
Private-school ‘superheads’ are wonderful for publicity.They may not be so good for teaching
For EU but not for US
America is urging Britain to stay in the European Union. But it would never dream of joining a comparable organisation
Left without pleasures
No golf, no bridge, a tortured relationship with champagne… lefties deserve your sympathy, not your scorn
Gays for God
Conservative homosexual Christians want something more radical than marriage
British Columbia
When people hear I’m from rural British Columbia, I know what their reaction will be: rhapsodic. ‘BC’ is their favourite…
British Columbia
When people hear I’m from rural British Columbia, I know what their reaction will be: rhapsodic. ‘BC’ is their favourite…
Turkey can’t cope. Can we?
There has been an influx of 2.5 million Syrian refugees, and almost as many again are expected. At this rate, Turkey’s migrant problem is set to become Europe’s
Tina
Dearest, I’d love to have your Tina to stay — what are aunts for? — but I’m not sure if…
Aleppo Notebook
I had been trying to get to Aleppo for ages, but was unable to do so because rebel activity had…
