Taking the Piss Number 56 is supplied by Thames Water – indeed it probably really is Thames river water that has been filtered.
The Great Fire “Exquisitely crafted … the most interesting work of fiction published this year.” (Books of the Year, The Economist)
What Ho, Haggis This is the first edition of the first book by Clarissa Dickson Wright, published in 1996 when she was thirty-nine.
Big Spender My grandfather, rather often, used to say philosophically: “The weather is improving – for the worse”.
Surely the Apple is the Noblest of Fruits? It is interesting to reflect on the inspiration artists take from their predecessors.
London’s Watergate We are not done with the Dukes of Buckingham – see MoreFamily History. When you have read that you will know George Villiers is the 1st Duke of Buckingham of the second Creation.
Unity Makes Strength Opposite Cleopatra’s Needle on the Victoria Embankment is the Anglo-Belgian Memorial.