Life
Advent vinousness
Some simpering bishops are urging their clergy to make sure that carol services do not interfere with the ship of…
Eddie Jones must go
So should he stay or should he go? That’s Eddie ‘I don’t really care what other people think’ Jones, currently…
Taking the Mick
Most football fans have had their attention riveted on Qatar for the past couple of weeks, but for those of…
Kiwi life
The long march reaches its destination. Looking back, we can see that things seemingly happening overnight were part of that…
Language
It’s that time of year again – when dictionaries around the world start announcing their ‘Word of the Year’. And…
Erratum
In Competition No. 3276, you were invited to supply an extract from the memoir of a celebrity with some unfortunate…
Like Topsy
I’ve heard two people in the past week make a jocular remark about things just growing ‘Like Topsy’. They were…
French polish
At the end of last century, when there were grounds for optimism about Russia’s future, an increasingly popular word expressed…
What the media is doing to our politics
An American academic told me that during the 2016 presidential election nobody in academia believed there was the faintest chance…
Bread pudding
I am incapable of throwing anything away in the kitchen. In my fridge, there must be at least half a…
My prescription for surviving the winter
Winter is finally upon us and I’m relying on my usual array of tablets and powders to ward off seasonal…
