Real life
Draft and save. That is as good a New Year’s resolution as any. Never send an email or letter in…
Real life
The countryside is all very well so long as you know you can leave it. Funnily enough, exactly the same…
How HS2 blights lives
Whether the high-speed rail line is built or not, it is destroying the retirements of people like my parents
Real life
After our spectacular season opener, the spaniel and I were on probation. Cydney, you may recall, retrieved a hen bird…
Real life
The ambassador’s receptions are noted in society for their host’s exquisite taste that captivates guests. You know that, I know…
Real life
Before I go any further, I would like to make clear that no animals were harmed in the making of…
Real life
People don’t listen. It’s a relatively new thing. People used to listen, to varying degrees. You had your good listeners…
Real life
Just before Cydney ran off and disgraced me on the first day of the shooting season, she covered herself in…
Real life
What is the point of the Dangerous Dogs Act when there is a man marauding with an illegal pit bull…
Real life
After four hours of driving, we should have been in the middle of Dartmoor. And yet we were not. We…
Real life
My London flat now has so little space in it I’ve begun storing stuff at the dry cleaners. Back in…
Real life
As the maître d’ ushered me into the packed restaurant, I leaned in close and intoned softly, so as not…
Real life
A letter arrives from the lawyers handling my defence in the phantom whiplash injury claim. It is now coming up…
Barking mad
Our attitude to animals and their suffering is bonkers
Real life
A crazy woman is living inside my head. It’s not just the normal crazy woman who camps out there from…
Real life
After a rush of blood to the head, I decided it might be a good idea to ask some awkward…
Real life
‘Let me get this straight,’ I said, looking my Slovakian friend in the eye. ‘You are going to go back…
A ladder for everyone
Justine Greening says that the Conservatives will not win big until they really home in on social mobility
Real life
Incredible as it seems to me now, there was a time when a wolf whistle was annoying. A man would…
Real life
‘Hi I did Put it on It needed more’ is the pleasingly obscure haiku I find on my kitchen table.…
Real life
Strangely enough, I was in the middle of writing an article about the tactics used by the RSPCA when another…
Real life
The problem with not getting married, I am increasingly realising, is that you cannot get divorced. There is no mechanism…
Real life
A parcel has arrived addressed to ‘Cydney Kite’. The spaniel is ecstatic. She has never received her own mail before,…
Real life
With a heavy heart, I have just conducted my biannual lying session. I hate that I have to do this.…
Real life
As a rule, I tend not to frequent places where there is a sign on the door saying ‘no sharps’.…
