My wife is caught in a web of fear
According to Freud, arachnophobia is rooted in a person’s fear of being smothered by their mother
The COVID pantomime at my father’s memorial
The Grand Neurosis that gripped the Big Apple in 2020 is showing the sharpness of its talons
Jam roly-poly: why it’s time to revive this retro British pudding
This isn’t the place for an insipid or (frankly) cheap jam: it’s the dominant flavor here
More than new pencil cases, name tapes and the smell of school halls, British back-to-school season always makes me think of proper puddings. There’s a category of pudding that seems reserved for properly old cookbooks, a handful of old-fashioned pubs, and dinner ladies. Spotted dick, cornflake tart and jam roly-poly. [banner] Perhaps its ubiquity at British school…
The beauty of the Normandy memorial
I am deeply moved to find the names of two of my father’s comrades who were killed doing the same perilous job as he did
Jam roly-poly: why it’s time to revive this retro British pudding
This isn’t the place for an insipid or (frankly) cheap jam: it’s the dominant flavor here
My wife is caught in a web of fear
According to Freud, arachnophobia is rooted in a person’s fear of being smothered by their mother
The COVID pantomime at my father’s memorial
The Grand Neurosis that gripped the Big Apple in 2020 is showing the sharpness of its talons
Bog bodies: mysteries of the Iron Age
There is a theory in Ireland that the country’s bog bodies may be the remains of failed kings, ritually killed on Samhain
The link between spick and span, spanking and spoon
Whatever spick and span reminds us of, it is as an idiom with a cheery meaning of its own
Americans, London needs you
I wonder if London — or any of the great cities — will ever be the same again?
A tale of many swimming pools
Oscar and Klynton are visiting us in Provence and a 100-degree heatwave has hit. There’s only one place to be
The other winner of Emma Raducanu’s stunning victory
Right now, what she needs is someone to help keep her normal
Is it cruel to crush your child’s dreams?
What unites great men and women isn’t a capacity to dream big but a love of what they do
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