Just think about it for a moment. The plane that flew me a quarter of the way round the globe last night cost not far off half a billion...

Nature abhors a vacuum. In a way, I think we all do. This is the 100th and, for the time being, last of this series of blogs that I...

It’s a good life, but possibly not a busy one. The hint comes in the two words ‘inaccessible’ and ‘flightless’, and gently coalesces into...

My friend Trevor and I have a bit of a thing about ‘peril’. In our modern, relatively well-ordered lives, peril comes as an optional...

‘Seeing the mud around a lotus’ said Indian author Amit Kalantri, ‘is pessimism. Seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.’ Really? Amit is...

Dear Roger Thank you for your letter of 25thMay, which has been passed to me. I appreciate your empathy. I have to say that you don’t...

Dear Theresa Sorry about yesterday. I hope Philip took you out for a good curry last night. Forget the tissues and cuddles; what a girl...

The recent news from Facebook that, by 2070, they believe they will have more dead members than living ones, is curiously exciting, and...

I’m the one in our house without a tertiary education. You can tell it by the pronounced chip on my left shoulder. It makes watching...

I’m not Martin bloody Amis, but I knew the Nehru jacket would come in handy. You may or may not have launched a book of your own, but the...

(Spoiler alert. An animal was harmed in the making of this piece. Very harmed.) We are a respectable lot at the Petworth Tennis Club, and...

There is a rat within 164 foot of you. They used to say that it was within 6 foot, so count yourself lucky, unless you love rats. Using...

The hedge-planting season is drawing to an end, and I soon need to find a substitute for the day a week that I have been working at Mill...

We could both ask each other a personal question at this stage. You could ask me if I had finally lost my marbles. And I could ask you...

Clearly, we need to dial up some more bandwidth. For the last few months we have all been behind the curve vis-à-vis the low hanging...

“Humankind,’ said wildlife photographer Paul Oxton ‘must begin to learn that the life of an animal is in no way less precious than our...

D Dear Assistant Chief Constable, Further to my letter of the 8th January, I have now completed the speed awareness course you kindly...

There are few signs of getting older more damning than taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch. I suppose beekeeping gives it a...

Dear Assistant Chief Constable, Happy New Year to you, too. I hope you and Mrs. Constable were able to relax. Thank you for your letter...

With its £81 price tag, our Christmas turkey had clearly not just gone to a Russell Group university, but had gone into the Goldman Sachs...