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I am frequently surprised by concatenation, when a series of events, issues or conversations occur more or less at the same time...

“I have not voted for you lot.” the young woman said, jabbing her index finger into the blue rosette pinned to the chest of the man...

In 1947 Maurice Wilkes invited his brother Spencer to spend a weekend on his farm on Anglesey, an island off the Welsh coast...

Walking across Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, I happen to be following a man carrying a holdall with a big logo on it announcing “Crusaders”.

How we sniggered, my wife and I. Before we had even bought our house in the village of Vayrac in the Lot Department in south-west France...

A few days ago, I was invited to a Ramadan Sohoor gathering by one of my vendors along with almost one hundred other guests. As is...

My daughter is British and a junior doctor. She is not on strike. She is working in New Zealand. She went for various reasons, intending...

In her article in last month’s Only Connect - Unrepresentative Ads - Is this really how the UK looks today? - my fellow contributor...

13th April 2023 was a day sadly overlooked, perhaps in the “excitement” of the lead-up to the coronation, set fair to be the dullest...

I’m swimming in the beautiful Bay of Stivari on the Greek isle of Andros. My companion, Kalliopi, has just climbed out of the water onto...