Go south. Clearly the Brits have long recognised this, despite their traditional cries of ‘But yer get betta fish n…
Other people have terrible taste…
And more judgemental ignorant statements that no decent open-minded person should tolerate! So Seville. Gorgeous place. Orange blossom all over…
Speaking with the dead
So here’s a coincidence… I’ve been writing a book about a woman who decides to pursue her dead husband into…
…but you’ve still got a pussy!
Would you ask your grandmother if she’d like a sex toy? Me neither (but then, both of mine were dead…
The difference between appreciating things and…
actually enjoying them comes down, I’ve found, to weather. This is amazing – I tell myself, gritting my teeth, as…
Annoying things religions do…
And yet, without them… I spent this morning in the Mesquite, the magnificent mosque built by Abdul ar Rahman 1…
Big Things
You either like them or you don’t. Madrid is…big-boned. The Plaza de Mayor, an imposing red brick square with a…
The rain falls mainly on the plain…
In Madrid, apparently. I’m thinking of sueing. First week in Spain and it’s like bloody London! (That blue sky in…
Crushed
This is a piece I wrote for a Positive Words competition, but never submitted because – completely pathetic – I…
Borderline personality disorder, or, a problem with borders
In affairs between nations, as between people, it’s the looniest partner who has the winning edge. You never know what…