Other Men's Flowers

A day rarely goes by now without the press quoting, as if it were news, some inane pronouncement on the subjects under dispute within the od...

The great Anglican debate does drag on so, doesn't it? Whether or not God hates gays and Jesus doesn't want women dispensing the blo...

It was hardly surprising that Radovan Karadzic should have spent the last few years making a living from alternative medicine, for he was sa...

One of the Psycho Buildings in the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery (until 25th August) is a cinema, or rather what the creator, Slovenian ...

Having enjoyed the free exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, we still had some time to kill so we forked out for the one you had to pay for. T...

I have never been a keen crocheter (pron. crotchetter? crowshayer?); this and other crafts such as needlepoint, quilting and macramé have ne...

Amusing as the Church of England brawl is to those of us who are largely indifferent to the points at issue, it is depressing to see how eas...

Last week Grumio's wife was away working in Sydney and mine was working in Eastbourne, so we went off to Dorset for a few days. We staye...

This was the title of a publicity brochure distributed by a furniture-maker at the 1947 Ideal Home Exhibition. It included a 'Day-to-Day...

Lewis Page in The Register writes about a book being written by Professor David J C MacKay, who has weighed into the ever-louder and more u...

The struggle for fashion supremacy among top prelates of various persuasions continues unabated, with photos being released to the press alm...

In the sitcom Till Death Us Do Part , Alf Garnett's socialist son-in-law was played by Anthony Booth, whose daughter later became the wi...

Former knight Robert Gabriel Mugabe enjoying the Harare sunshine.

Another 25 rather uncommon ones which have been given to (fairly) famous people. Four are fictional. Can you supply the surname for each? 1 ...

More recycled posts from 2004: North Korea I never even saw the Great and Respected Leader francophilia The French don’t waste words poetry ...

I don't read very many books nowadays (TV, shortened attention span, laziness, etc.) but I do read a lot of reviews. This gives me the f...

It sounded quite straightforward: our German friends had told us on a postcard, " Take the main road north out of the town, turn left a...

I am always sorry for male orchestral players in hot weather, for even today they are often expected to be formally dressed, while the audie...

God has given us through various messengers a great deal of information about how many of us are going to Heaven when The Rapture takes plac...

Only those who have actually been in mortal peril can know how they would react to it it. I know exactly how I would, for I did once face im...