A loss of menace
I love the Saatchi Gallery. It used to be on the Southbank but it is now housed in the Old…
I look up and thank God I’m not on it
Pedn Vounder beach is as damn near the end of Western Europe as you can get. It’s pronounced Pedny Vander,…
The magic box
“Here is a box, a musical box. Wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret…
Not so merry Christmas, Mr. Toad.
So this is Christmas, as the Yoko Ono and John Lennon song ‘Happy Christmas (War is over)’ goes. All of…
These foolish things
There is a heartache behind every act of spite. My mother could be very spiteful. You can fill in the…
The salesman
I have two hand made suits. To get into them again I will have to shed some weight – they…
Grace
“Something to drink, sir?” the stewardess proffered the silver tray. There was Champagne, orange juice or water. Bryan reached for…
Turning left
I miss the air travel. I miss business travel. There was a time when I would look up in the…
I’ll be at my club
There is an episode of the TV show Frazier where the insufferable snobs that are Niles and Frazier Crane vie…
A dangerous federation
The Embassy in Trafalgar Square in 1985. It was still flying the orange, white and blue stripes with British, Orange…