Now there’s a big word. Big words are under threat. People seem to have got it in for big words. One of the jobs I do is for a large financial services company, making sure their customer [...]
People who know me will be surprised by this but here’s a confession: I can be prone to occasional outbursts of anger. Yep, mild-mannered old me. And I’ll tell you what triggers it: [...]
I was admiring the ornate ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral this week, when I remembered that Mick the roofer was coming round to fix some loose tiles. I don’t know about you but [...]
Every year at Christmas – and I admit, this isn’t very topical – we sing about two turtle doves, but would you know a turtle dove if you saw one? It’s basically a really pretty [...]
Don’t you find it remarkable that after 12,000 years of agriculture, the same questions keep cropping up (pardon the pun)? Is a strawberry a fruit? Is a pea a vegetable? Is a potato a root [...]
