Articles
- 30th March 2009
I suppose I'd better confess. It's what the times require. So let me apologise now for having once lived off immoral earnings. read more »
- 23rd March 2009
My hero, Kingsley Amis, once said that the most depressing words in the English language were: "Shall we go straight in?", closely followed by "red or white?" read more »
- 16th March 2009
Disneyland Paris is many things. A winning mix of European Union efficiency and American sophistication. read more »
- 9th March 2009
When were the real Dark Ages? I only ask because there's recently been such a spate of books about the barbarism unleashed by the fall of the Roman Empire that we now know almost as much about that period as we do about Heston Blumenthal's kitchen hygiene. read more »
- 2nd March 2009
All my life I've had a rather ugly prejudice against barristers. I'm not a fan of the wigs, the gowns, the Temple and the Inns, the chambers system and the mysterious elevation by private wizardry of publicly paid professionals to the rank of Queen's Counsel. read more »
- 1st March 2009
Getting your children ready for school in the morning can be a bit of an obstacle course. read more »
