Diamonds are for ever. Plumbers take a lifetime. They never finish. No job is too big or small for them…

‘Racing is 99.9 per cent disappointment,’ said the trainer philosophically, as I sat in the yard sipping coffee, waiting for…

Darcy trod on a screw. Five little words which, if Darcy was anything other than a thoroughbred horse, might signify…

The last time I bought a set of tyres in south London I came away not quite knowing whether I…

My upstairs neighbours are terribly nice, but too naive to be allowed to renovate their flat in peace. The two…

After the £1,100 quote from the vet in London I drove down the A3 and out the other side of…

If these speed awareness courses get much more entertaining and informative they might become a dangerous incentive to break the…

My attempt to have a small cyst removed from the spaniel was always going to be fraught with difficulty. My…

When in India, I always appal my highly educated tour guides. They despair of me, as they drag me round…

All disputes are now a clash of rights in which both sides compete to see who has the greatest claim…

‘Start at the back and try to pass as many horses as you can,’ said the trainer, as we stepped…

‘Sadly, the world is filled with apathy,’ said my friend, as we looked at our sad little list of conscripts…