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The actor seems to have inspired a generation of young chaps to grow wispy caterpillars on their upper lips. When it comes to facial hair, I’ve learned it’s best to go big or go home
What is it with a…
27 days ago
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Aston Clinton, Weedon, Maids Moreton – motorways bypass so many fascinating places. Maybe it is this that makes us an island of strangers
I learned a lot driving to Hinckley in Leicestershire. I had s…
48 days ago
I’m being plagued by a particularly pushy estate agent. I’ve tried blocking them, reasoning with them, even barking at them. And still they keep coming back for more …
Every breath I take, and every m…
62 days ago
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I need to stop dwelling on everything I get wrong, from sending my ball into the drink to squeezing the wrong bottom
Whether you’re into sport or not, there’s wisdom to be mined from it. Once you’ve p…
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Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?
Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train…
83 days ago
There I was, lying in bed and worrying I’d lost a basic life skill. Can you blame me for putting it to the test?
When I was in the first year at middle school, in Miss Hale’s class, my parents returne…
84 days ago
Why is the moral panic only ever about younger generations? It’s time we heard what confuses or worries them about us
Every generation looks at the next generation, and the one after that, with baffle…
3 months ago
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I’m not saying everything was better in the good old days – but a lot of things really don’t need the latest bells and whistles
I was once trying to get a television idea commissioned about a subject …
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It’s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration. Then you spot spring’s first flower ...
There’s no such thing as gardener’s block, I once read. …
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A friend sent me the image by surprise and I felt a lot of things very strongly: love, upset, amusement, pleasure and anger
An old friend sent me a photo that caused me to stop whatever I was doing. I…