John Chancellor

My tenant is being haunted. Possibly by my brother

12 March 2016 9:00 am

I used to enjoy the ghost stories of M.R. James, but I’ve never actually seen a ghost or even believed…

The over-75s are being asked if they would like to sign their own death warrants

9 May 2015 9:00 am

It’s more than four months now since my 75th birthday, but I’m still waiting for a ‘cold call’ from the…

You realise how little you know of anybody when they die

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Whether or not you believe in the afterlife, death remains an impenetrable mystery. One moment a person is making jokes…

Here I am on Twelfth Night with nothing but benevolence to look back on

10 January 2015 9:00 am

For the past two and a half years my brother John has been living next door to me in the…

Alexander Chancellor: The Kindle is marvellous, but it cannot satisfy an addiction to books

28 September 2013 9:00 am

My brother John’s great book sale, about which I wrote on this page a couple of weeks ago, finally took…

Alexander Chancellor: Pursued around the world by a thousand books

14 September 2013 9:00 am

It is exactly 40 years since my elder brother John gave up a successful career as a publisher to set…