Posts in category Curiosities

It is remarkable how people assume certain things and categorize others. We all have specific understanding about what a standard “night in” means for a …

  It was my great pleasure to go to a screening of Chariots of Fire the other day in anticipation of its re-release, ahead of …

The Sindy doll is set to re-emerge for next year’s 50th anniversary, looking as glamorous as ever – but less British than her sixties counterpart. As …

I’ll begin with a few statements: I am no prude. I am not particularly sensitive, and little offends me. I consider myself to be able …

Love/hate/legend/disgrace/superstar If there’s one striker who has delivered this tournament, matching his reputation with brilliant goals it has to be the one and only Balotelli. …

I’m British, this means a number of things; I’m fairly conservative, I’m often self deprecating and above all I have a problem when it comes …

My grandmother may have tried to instill in me the idea of being a gracious in defeat, but she surely failed in her attempts to turn me …

Robert Louis Stevenson once said: “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign”, but there is a place, hidden in Rajasthan, where …

Benjamin Disreali described Valletta as “a city of palaces built by gentlemen for gentlemen”, when he visited it in 1830.  Since that time not much …

This is the story of my cat’s time as a weed dealer. That summer I told Oliver we wouldn’t be running the air conditioner. I …