Life
Red bull
I am assured that this is not a legend. But a few years ago, an Irishman’s life was twice saved…
The Wiki Man
Our local Sainsbury’s, though admirable in every other way, has a slightly inflated estimate of the disabled population of Seven-oaks,…
Am I a grifter?
I’m trying to organise an event in Westminster with the journalist Isabel Oakeshott and it’s proving a bit of a…
The turf
Usually in May I am still casting an enviously nostalgic eye backwards to Aintree and Cheltenham, reluctant yet to pack…
Real life
The lady standing on the doorstep did not need to tell me what she thought of my house, because the…
Aussie life
I’m a long-time devotee of the op shop, as anyone who has seen my wardrobe will confirm. I’ve spent many…
Language
A ‘sliding doors moment’ is one of those moments in life when a small, seemingly inconsequential decision (or event) goes…
Triplicate
In Competition No. 3298, you were invited to provide a book review in three haiku. When I saw that the…
Alice in gastroland
The Alice lives in a ground-floor room of the Randolph Hotel in Oxford, which venerates the fantastical and the savage,…
Can Raducanu rally?
Who can turn lying on a hospital gurney into a photo op? Emma Raducanu can, of course – beaming as…
