‘Failure,’ as Henry Ford never tired of pointing out, ‘is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.’ So,...

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34 years ago today, or thereabouts, I just about made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Thank you. It was nothing. Actually, it...

The answer, if you are in Holland, is unfortunately yes, your bum does look big in this. Huge, possibly. Here in the world capital of...

If you could think of one dog not to own in a city that floods about a dozen times a year, and consists of steep, stepped bridges and...

I used to harbour the ambition of amounting to more than a park bench memory after I am gone. Britain is full of benches, from where the...

If you are having a bad day, I suggest that you keep in mind the events that unfolded on the night of 21stSeptember 1788 near the...