Wimbledon
On Wimbledon grunters
What a pleasure it was to watch the men’s final at Wimbledon contested with a minimum of grunting, exclaiming and…
Diary
My husband says I only write books in order to have a launch party. Not so. I also write books…
Champions of hypocrisy
Why sport and sham morality go so well together
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, ordered a review, taking perhaps ten weeks, by Peter Wanless, the head of the…
Glorious moments
Out and about in Surrey on Sunday I happened upon a scene that could have been played out 77 years…
Murray’s mountain
There’s nothing we old folk like more than a chat about how poorly all our friends and acquaintances are. This…
Gillard and the Grange Hermitage
My Australian friend was in mourning over the removal of Julia Gillard, the country’s first female prime minister. She had…
