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This will sound daft, but I know spring is one its way, not because January is slowly drawing to a close, but because I can smell the cow sh...

So much for winter hell on Earth. After spending more than a week away from home and seriously concerned that I would miss out on important ...

So far this blog has consisted of longwinded accounts of the cars I have owned and crashed interspersed with whatever irrelevancy has preocc...

"Marriage between a good man and a good woman can be the closest we shall ever get to Heaven on Earth. For some poor unfortunates, marr...

A few years ago, in fact, many years ago - it was in 1990 - I mentioned something to my girlfriend at the time and she, being French and, pe...

Earlier today, on my way to work (just a 20-minute walk, which must be unique for a commute in London), I was listening to Start The Week on...

I have now looked up the word 'contrarian', and it seems that I have used it correctly, although as I suspected it could well be arg...

One of our better newspaper cartoonist is Matt of the Daily Telegraph, so I have decided to post four of his recent cartoons, just for the c...

For a guy who had wanted ‘to be a writer’ since the age of 16, I still feel I am appallingly badly read and, more to the point, I have, to d...

I did promise a final instalment of this account of my motoring history, and I am determined to show I am a man of my word, however much it ...