The sainted Mary Berry couldn’t escape angry censure when she recommended sloshing double cream into her bolognese Before I write another word, I must issue a trigger warning to all culinary purists, vegans, opponents of cultural appropriation and others of a sensitive, woke disposition who are inclined to take offence at just about anything. Stop reading … Read more
The sainted Mary Berry couldn’t escape angry censure when she recommended sloshing double cream into her bolognese Before I write another word, I must issue a trigger warning to all culinary purists, vegans, opponents of cultural appropriation and others of a sensitive, woke disposition who are inclined to take offence at just about anything. Stop reading … Read more
Oh dear, it was most ungentlemanly of me to laugh. But I couldn’t suppress a chuckle over the video showing Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, quietly fuming at this week’s summit in Turkey after two caddish males bagged the only available chairs. Indeed, I suspect I was very far from alone in … Read more
Oh dear, it was most ungentlemanly of me to laugh. But I couldn’t suppress a chuckle over the video showing Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, quietly fuming at this week’s summit in Turkey after two caddish males bagged the only available chairs. Indeed, I suspect I was very far from alone in … Read more
From the point of view of everyone’s safety — not least her own — it really would have been much better if my dear late mother had been banned from driving long before she approached her 80th year. Though she would hotly deny it if she were still alive, the fact is that throughout her life … Read more
From the point of view of everyone’s safety — not least her own — it really would have been much better if my dear late mother had been banned from driving long before she approached her 80th year. Though she would hotly deny it if she were still alive, the fact is that throughout her life … Read more
The other day I had the joy of meeting our eight-month-old granddaughter for the first time since she was a very new baby indeed. Well, I say it was a joy — and it was certainly a relief to see her and her three-year-old brother after so long — but I’m sorry to report little Etta … Read more
The other day I had the joy of meeting our eight-month-old granddaughter for the first time since she was a very new baby indeed. Well, I say it was a joy — and it was certainly a relief to see her and her three-year-old brother after so long — but I’m sorry to report little Etta … Read more
Don’t ask me if Rishi Sunak has struck the right balance between borrowing lashings more money to keep the economy from total collapse and increasing taxes to pay some of it back in the far distant future. I freely admit that I’ve never begun to understand economics (which is one thing I seem to have in … Read more
Don’t ask me if Rishi Sunak has struck the right balance between borrowing lashings more money to keep the economy from total collapse and increasing taxes to pay some of it back in the far distant future. I freely admit that I’ve never begun to understand economics (which is one thing I seem to have in … Read more