You can’t teach people to be lazy; they either have it or they don’t. I cannot remember where I first heard that but it certainly tickled...

On Friday evening, in the company of 7.6 million other viewers, I sat down to watch the televised fourth round match of the FA Cup...

Tim Murtagh (Middlesex and Ireland) is Test cricket’s oldest current player. There is a tradition in British politics that the oldest...

“I would not open windows into men’s souls.” (Queen Elizabeth I) I confess I fail to understand the principle of ‘hate crime’. To hate...

The age-old debate – Nature v Nurture “It’s all in the jeans!” we used to say to each other out of the corner of our mouths, usually...

India deserve more than their fair share of the plaudits England v India 2018 What a series! For once the epithet ‘epic’ does not feel...

The four temperaments: phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine and melancholic. I own a whippet. There are times when I feel that she owns me....

When we started to swing it both ways. A few days ago, I attended a drinks party at the Common Room of the school where I taught for 30...

The French have a charming idiosyncrasy – actually, they have many but not all are charming – of informing you of the village or town...