Ladies’ Day

The Ladies’ Challenge Plate has been competed for at Henley since 1845 but ladies are not eligible for this event. The Coffee Room at many London clubs is the only room where coffee is not served. So I wanted to see if there would be any ladies at Ladies’ Day at Cheltenham this week.

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A Fisherman’s Tale

I was born on 3rd April 1954 but I’m not fishing for a birthday card. On 2nd April 1817 the Salford Anglers’ Society was founded and they have been fishing for almost two hundred years, so save your card for them next year.

The Shooting Party

It may, or possibly may not, interest you to hear about my experience backing Zac in his London mayoral campaign and I had intended to kick off by saying that I’d never done anything like this before, until I remembered…

Hug a Nuke

You can stop hugging hoodies, there’s a nuke that nobody loves except the Conservative government and me.

The Faultless Painter

An old friend told me this week that he is taking an evening course at the Slade School of Fine Art but The Faultless Painter doesn’t refer to him. It is the title of a poem by Robert Browning about the Renaissance artist, Andrea del Sarto.

Tom’s School Days

Something, I’ll tell you what later, triggered this memory. About twenty years ago Sarah asked me to go with her to see her godson act in his house play at Eton.

Sounds of the ’60s

Everyone can remember the first record they ever bought. I was reminded of this by a reader telling me that her’s was Lily the Pink, see London House Prices, mine was A Hard Day’s Night.

All Change on the Tube

What do you think this was doing parked on my street all weekend? The interior lights were on and the generator was whirring.

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

Sorry, not a Derry Moore photo, but I want to give you an idea of the abundance of bird-life in west London. I have a plan.

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Eureka

I had a Eureka moment at the weekend and I’d like to share it with you this merry, March morning.