“I don’t eat meat,” a former colleague assured me as he tucked into a plate of wild boar, “but I make an exception during game season.”

“I don’t eat meat,” a former colleague assured me as he tucked into a plate of wild boar, “but I make an exception during game season.”

Fun fact: years before ‘Star Wars’ burst onto our screens in 1977, British weightlifting champion David Prowse (AKA Darth Vader) played a different role: the costumed superhero character ‘Green Cross Man’. He appeared in a series of public information films to promote pedestrian road ...

Fun fact: years before ‘Star Wars’ burst onto our screens in 1977, British weightlifting champion David Prowse (AKA Darth Vader) played a different role: the costumed superhero character ‘Green Cross Man’. He appeared in a series of public information films to promote pedestrian road ...

“ Thank you so much for having Charlie come to stay,” said Jane as she bundled her son into our car for a half-term visit. “He eats most things but isn’t keen on butter in sandwiches and I can never get him to drink milk.”

“ Thank you so much for having Charlie come to stay,” said Jane as she bundled her son into our car for a half-term visit. “He eats most things but isn’t keen on butter in sandwiches and I can never get him to drink milk.”

I’m not much into sport. Yes, I enjoy an early morning run and play the odd round of mini-golf (if that qualifies?), but that’s about it. When it comes to being a spectator, I’m hardly more enthusiastic, with the one exception of snooker – a sport I’ve loved since the age of 14 and ...

I’m not much into sport. Yes, I enjoy an early morning run and play the odd round of mini-golf (if that qualifies?), but that’s about it. When it comes to being a spectator, I’m hardly more enthusiastic, with the one exception of snooker – a sport I’ve loved since the age of 14 and ...

“ Trains are wonderful … To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.”

“ Trains are wonderful … To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.”

As 2022 draws to a close, towns and cities around the world are putting the finishing touches to their New Year’s Eve plans. In London, Big Ben will once again play a central role, its bongs ringing out across the city after a multi-million pound renovation.

As 2022 draws to a close, towns and cities around the world are putting the finishing touches to their New Year’s Eve plans. In London, Big Ben will once again play a central role, its bongs ringing out across the city after a multi-million pound renovation.

Ask a Brit for their opinion on something and they might say: “It’s marmite.” That’s code for “you’ll love it or hate it.” So-called because people tend to have polarised opinions on the thick, black, salty spread made from yeast extract sold under the brand ‘Marmite’. On ...

Ask a Brit for their opinion on something and they might say: “It’s marmite.” That’s code for “you’ll love it or hate it.” So-called because people tend to have polarised opinions on the thick, black, salty spread made from yeast extract sold under the brand ‘Marmite’. On ...

When I was young, I invented a game called “shoe shops”. It was very straightforward. I would collect shoes from around the house, stick price tags on them and arrange them in neat pairs up the stairs.

When I was young, I invented a game called “shoe shops”. It was very straightforward. I would collect shoes from around the house, stick price tags on them and arrange them in neat pairs up the stairs.

There’s a scene in ‘The Sound of Music’ where Maria and the children are enjoying a picnic in the mountains. An idyllic scene of relaxation and play.

There’s a scene in ‘The Sound of Music’ where Maria and the children are enjoying a picnic in the mountains. An idyllic scene of relaxation and play.

Expats are flexible creatures. It’s an essential life skill for adapting to different locales, customs and languages. You quickly learn that every country has its pluses and minuses. Brilliant housing, but hideous traffic. Great weather, but high rents.

Expats are flexible creatures. It’s an essential life skill for adapting to different locales, customs and languages. You quickly learn that every country has its pluses and minuses. Brilliant housing, but hideous traffic. Great weather, but high rents.

‘Buy quality and cry once – buy cheap and cry forever.’ It’s unclear who first coined this phrase back in the 1920s, but it shows that even before sustainability became big news, people didn’t want to waste money on something that would fall apart five minutes later.

‘Buy quality and cry once – buy cheap and cry forever.’ It’s unclear who first coined this phrase back in the 1920s, but it shows that even before sustainability became big news, people didn’t want to waste money on something that would fall apart five minutes later.