Life
Kiwi life
It’s almost a cliché to say that 15 March, 2019 was a black day in New Zealand’s history; in fact…
Language
I suggest the right word for Hamas is ‘barbarians’. It was the Greeks who coined this word when savage, uncivilised…
‘The food is as good as you will find in London’: Saison at Raffles London, reviewed
The Old War Office (bad acronym OWO) on Whitehall is now a Raffles hotel: you can stay in Winston Churchill’s…
Dear Mary: how do I stop my wife from sleeping naked?
Q. Wealthy ex-pat friends came to stay and, despite being attended to assiduously by our major domo, they left without…
English cricket doesn’t travel well
It’s a tricky old time for cricket. The collapse of England’s World Cup white-ballers – and how they have managed…
Why I’m optimistic about multiculturalism
Many of my conservative friends are beginning to catastrophise about the future of Britain in light of the pro-Palestinian protests…
Be prepared to wait: how to make French onion soup like the French
Let me be clear: this week’s recipe is not a speedy little number. You can’t knock up a French onion…
Aussie life
Now that the referendum is behind us, we must start doing something about Australia’s burgeoning ICE problem. You wouldn’t know…
