The Plashing Vole

As a keen buyer and (sometimes) reader of books, I couldn't resist wandering over to Birmingham to visit its new library, which seems to...

I read somewhere that Clement Attlee's idea of political campaigning involved standing on the roof of the modest car his wife drove them...

For my mother's 70th back in 2013 (she's still with us: she recently asked me why I wasn't on WhatsApp - 'I'm in a group...

Today is a bit odd, and sad. It shouldn't be: it's my 45th birthday, but the death this week of one of my students has cast rather a...

Apologies for those of you with less interest in sport, or fencing in particular. These are from the 2013 UK School Games, held in Sheffield...