To the Manor Born

And save the planet. Halogen bulbs are better than LEDs. Showers, not baths. Dry your clothes outside, not in the tumble-dryer. (All from BB...

There's a fuel crisis, and the young think that "no central heating" meant "no heating". Meanwhile oldies reminisce ...

Mourners enter the Abbey, in pearls and boaters, Black in hats and dresses, in simple outlines, Suits and ties and orders, and fascinators, ...

Want to pass as British? The following tips may help. Complain that death is the last taboo and that the Victorians did it better, moan abo...

A photosensitive friend reports that, when she carries an umbrella on a torrid sunny day, she gets barracked: “Oi, look, she thinks it’s ra...

So, what did I do next? After a rotten non-education at an expensive boarding school, I did another O Level and A Level at a tutoring estab...

The way the Glaswegian writer speaks is largely down to his mother. She was a proud woman who insisted that he spoke the Queen’s English . ...