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The latest of the many tributes to recently demised broadcaster Robert Robinson was this programme broadcast in the 9am post- Today slot o...

Marriage: it's a wonderful institution. But I don't want to live in an institution! Also, marriage: it's not a word, it's a ...

Notice by Heather Lewis. Having a bad day? Our un-named narrator here is having a worse one, a whole unending succession of them in fact...

Strange news today as the Libyan rebel forces sweep through the former Tripoli stronghold of Colonel Gaddafi . While Gaddafi himself is now...

Having made a start on the garden clearance a few weeks ago I decided it was about time I finished the job - which basically meant uprooting...

Laura Blundy by Julie Myerson. Laura Blundy has just killed her husband. Messily. Stove his head in with a large bronze ornament, and th...

Here's the second of the pair of Tobermory whiskies my father bought me as a wedding present: this is the peated version, which is marke...

A couple of sporting updates and corrections: firstly my list of Test hat-trick takers who have also been hat-trick victims (which went: Da...

You'll remember the protracted hoo-ha over the British Chiropractic Association's legal action against science writer Simon Singh, ...

Golfer, winner of the 2009 Wyndham Championship and possessor of a slightly odd loopy Furykesque golf swing Ryan Moore , and showbiz offs...

Memory Of Snow And Of Dust by Breyten Breytenbach. Meheret, an Ethiopian journalist and writer, is introduced to Mano, a mixed-race Sout...

There's riches and fame to be had from making an entire comedy act out of basically just coming on stage and saying "does anyone re...

This one in the Independent : Seems a little harsh, unless they're talking about her sizzlingly unresolved sexual tension with Michae...

In the interests of balance and fairness, and just for the epic lulz , I should draw your attention gently yet insistently towards this arti...

Non-Canada-related this time, but just to finish the photo round-up: last Saturday I decided to head off up a few hills on my own, as I do f...

Sorry, I know I'm boring you now. Two further Canada-related things: firstly you can find several hundred photographs from our trip here...

As for food, most of the time we were cooking our own, but there were a few exceptions. I've already mentioned Villa Caruso in Jasper, ...

In addition to wine sampling, we also stocked up with some Canadian beer, both for the RV trip and while we were on Vancouver Island. As wit...

As some of you will already know (and you should if you've been paying attention ), the lovely Hazel and I got married a few weeks ago. ...

Strewth, here's a good one: From: big.xandy@uol.com.br Subject: RE:GOD BLESS YOU REAL GOOD!!! To: Dearly Beloved in Christ, I am Mrs Fol...