if i thought you were listening, i'd never say a word

So said Papa Hemingway. Actually he said: "the first draft of anything is shit". You don’t really know what you need to say until ...

Every time I want to buy shirts I dutifully walk up and down Jermyn Street looking in all the shops: Turnbull & Asser, T.M. Lewin, New ...

Another week's holiday, this one around London because I can't afford to go abroad. This morning was warm and sunny, so I went for a...

The other evening I finished a whole 99p bar of Cadbury's Whole Nut. I have a cold, so I'm allowed to eat sugar and carbs. But I onl...

I've just come back from a brief business trip to a Town Outside the M25 with some of the lads from work. And we were all reminded of th...

Yet another hour on the phone with my nephew discussing his Personal Statement. For those who graduated a long time ago, applying to univer...

Right, I'm going to get this off my chest once and for all. It's not nice to talk about class or style and the English – unless you...