When I wrote of medieval ale houses, I had in mind old Flossie Lane’s establishment.

Flossie’s grandparents acquired the licence to sell beer and wine from their front parlour to the local farmers

Mr T, who came before Mr G, in my dyslexic litany of marriages, once offered to move a boiler for me so that I could squeeze another piece of kitchen equipment into the resulting space.

In the caldron boil and bake;

Matron’s stories told defy the truth,

Gropes remember’d from their youth,

Liz Dux’ ego, and Meirion’s sting,—

For

Across the land, fingers are flying over moderation panels on a thousand websites – deleting any mention of Rotherham and Pakistanis in the same comment. There is more cant and hypocrisy around today than I have seen for

The lexicon of corporate life has affected the dead tree press in ways more subtle than the arrest of 63 journalists for offences uncovered by the investigation of the so-called ‘hacking’ investigation, or

I’m not a religious man by any means. Not in the sense of organised religion, or worship of a named ‘Higher Entity’. I don’t define myself by religion, by politics or race – people are/were generally able to

It is possibly unfair to infer that Kathy Hook is a dog – bitch might have been better. ‘Man bites Bitch’ – doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

She was voted ‘Unsung Hero’ by BBC Sports

What are these ‘British values’ that Nicky Morgan thinks should be instilled in toddlers in an ‘age appropriate’ manner?

We have a varied assortment to consider today. “Challenging negative attitudes and stereotypes.”

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Shrouds used to have pockets, you know. It was quite the done thing in Pagan times, to take all your wordily possessions with you, to enhance your life in the hereafter.

In Normandy, northern