This week I was sent a picture of my friend Alan, out in Qatar, holding a Wales flag and sitting atop a camel. This extraordinary creature has a unique ability to travel great distances, keep [...]
You might not have noticed but there are certain rules I try to apply when I write Word of the Week. One is never to pretend to know about Greek literature, unless you can make it really [...]
Among the many works of Oscar Wilde that I haven’t read is an essay called The Decay of Lying, which contains the pithy little quote: “Life imitates art more than art imitates [...]
