Long life

Long life

25 June 2015 1:00 pm

It is nearly two years since the police were granted new powers to fine motorists for ‘hogging’ the middle lane…

Long life

25 June 2015 1:00 pm

It is nearly two years since the police were granted new powers to fine motorists for ‘hogging’ the middle lane…

Alan Rusbridger’s final oath

20 June 2015 9:00 am

My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…

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18 June 2015 1:00 pm

My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…

Long life

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

My friend Alan Rusbridger has just given up editing the Guardian after a distinguished 20-year reign that has climaxed, as…

Dressing up for the opera is not elitist

13 June 2015 9:00 am

It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…

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11 June 2015 1:00 pm

It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…

Long life

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

It’s June, and the country-house summer opera festivals are now in full swing. Glyndebourne, which opened the season last month,…

Living next door to someone rich, and beside a motorway, makes you fat and your blood pressure soar

6 June 2015 9:00 am

I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…

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4 June 2015 1:00 pm

I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…

Long life

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

I wrote last week about a swarm of bees that had attached itself to a wall of my house, as…

Inside, pursued by a swarm of bees

30 May 2015 9:00 am

From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…

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28 May 2015 1:00 pm

From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…

Long life

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

From reading the newspapers you might get the impression that honeybees were on the way to extinction. In Europe, it…

A Finnish man was fined £83,000 for speeding because his annual income is £10.1 million

23 May 2015 9:00 am

I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…

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21 May 2015 1:00 pm

I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…

Long life

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

I have rather a poor record for speeding over the years. I have been caught by cameras quite often, sometimes…

Power couple: 'Dave and Sam' (Photo: Getty)

What Italy made of the result of the British general election (not much)

16 May 2015 9:00 am

On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…

Power couple: 'Dave and Sam' (Photo: Getty)

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14 May 2015 1:00 pm

On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…

Power couple: 'Dave and Sam' (Photo: Getty)

Long life

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

On election day I was in Puglia in the ‘heel’ of Italy, where interest in British politics could hardly be…

The over-75s are being asked if they would like to sign their own death warrants

9 May 2015 9:00 am

It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…

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7 May 2015 1:00 pm

It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…

Long life

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…

The fraught business of seat surrender

2 May 2015 9:00 am

I remember the first time that someone stood up and offered me a seat on the London Underground. It was…

The birth of a royal baby is hardly an exciting event

25 April 2015 9:00 am

There are already people camping outside St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, to await the birth shortly of another royal baby, the…