Life
Dear Mary
Q. I have a public profile and have always looked after my personal presentation, but my identical twin has never…
Megan Rapinoe’s comeuppance
I’m loath to write about the current Fifa World Cup because criticising women’s football is textbook ‘misogyny’ – at least,…
Stop HS2 – I want to get off
I have two suggestions for HS2. Either stop it or make it stop. The spiralling cost and delays are reason enough…
The turf
On no course in Britain does jockeyship count for more than at undulating, tricksy Goodwood and although Frankie Dettori was…
Real life
‘Come on, let’s get a move on with filling in all the forms and we could have this done and…
High life
Athens With energy bordering on the demonic, I strut around an ancient stadium trying to make up for…
Aussie life
The tide seems to be turning. It is looking increasingly likely that what is the daftest referendum ever dreamt up…
Language
‘They’ is not a singular pronoun. It’s a fairly simple concept, but some people are struggling to grasp it. The…
Plainly perfect
The BBC made a very odd documentary about the renovation of Claridge’s: The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. They filmed, agog, as…
Pavlova
Whenever I tell someone that I’m making a pavlova the response is the same: sheer joy. Even the most fervent…
Test of time
And they said Test cricket was in its death throes! This epic, attention-grabbing, emotion-wringing Ashes series ended in the last…
Not so great expectations
The football season gets under way again on Saturday – or at least it does if your team isn’t in…
British champions
Three protagonists shaped the action at the British Championships, held at De Montfort University in Leicester last month, with sharply…
Wild life
Laikipia Some are saved by Jesus and they are sober. For others, drunkenness is as natural as love-making, roasted meat…
Real life
As I slapped a rude note on a car parked outside my house, I realised that nature was taking its…
