8 minTWO COUNTRIES DIVIDED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE“Hi, folks. So, where are you guys from?” “Well, we’re from Old England visiting New England.” “So, you are here for the fall?” “The...
5 minBISHAN BEDIThe recent death of the legendary Indian spinner, Bishan Bedi, reminded me of one of the most riveting passages of play that I have ever...
5 minFRANCEJ’adore la France….et les Français. I truly do. My affection for the country and its people is age-old – well, my age anyway – buttressed...
5 minITALYLAKE GARDA What’s the shortest book in the English language? Answer: Italian War Heroes. Ha, ha, very funny. It Is of course, a spurious...
6 minWHERE ARE THE GPs?🎵 “Where have all the GPs gone? Gone to leafy suburbs every one” 🎶 (with apologies to Pete Seeger) No subject prompts more heated...
6 minDIMThose who have lived or worked anywhere in Africa will recognise the problem. Slow hospitality service, inefficient transport, fickle...
7 minLES FROGSOn any given holiday in France – and there have been many in our family - I always ponder what the French truly think of les rosbifs, the...
5 minSPITFIREEvery year during the Royal Three Counties Show in Malvern, the ears are assailed by a strangely familiar roar. Is that a…? No, surely...
4 minMR SURGEONWithin my circle of friends, there have been two surgeons. I say ‘have been’ because one has sadly recently died and the other is in...