Whatever happened to shirt tails? I was pondering on that sartorial deficiency the other day as I unbuckled my belt and adjusted my trousers for the third time that day in order to tuck in my shirt. Shirts just aren’t what they were. I can remember when shirt tails stretched halfway down your thighs, providingContinue reading “Blog 146. Egg Nog Anyone? Or Cheesecake Perhaps?”
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Blog 145. Janet and John Go To Paris
It is a curious thing, but if you were to ask the average Englishman or Englishwoman which country was England’s oldest ally, he or she – if well educated – would probably say, correctly, “Portugal” (I refer the honourable reader to the Treaty of Windsor of 1386). Ask the same English person which country isContinue reading “Blog 145. Janet and John Go To Paris”
Blog 144. My Silver Coach Has Just Turned Into a Pumpkin
You know, there’s something about a steam cleaner. When you’ve started cleaning with it, you just can’t put it down. It’s a bit like when you use a pressure washer: you clean up a bit of the front drive and you think, “Wow, this is really good”, so you move on to pressure-wash the path;Continue reading “Blog 144. My Silver Coach Has Just Turned Into a Pumpkin”
Blog 143. Does Your House Have a Number?
Roland is back. That is to say, Roland, his live-in partner, his mistress, his children, and his children’s children have decided that our home is a very desirable place to live (plenty of food and water, good schools, liberal policy towards down-trodden and much-maligned creatures, immediate accommodation with H&C etc). They have, therefore, moved in. Continue reading “Blog 143. Does Your House Have a Number?”
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