29 August 2012
Drama Queen

Recently, in the German city of Düsseldorf, a 74-year-old official was struck in the carotid artery by a javelin during an athletics competition. The news item also mentioned that: ‘Some of the spectators were in shock and needed psychological counselling.’ Find out more


29 August 2012
Complete List of Columns including August

All columns published since 1 October 2009 Find out more


9 August 2012
Woman with Plaits

On Sunday 5 August, Holland Park Press had a stall at Deventer Book Market in the Netherlands, ‘the largest book market in Europe’. The publisher had travelled from London and I was there too. Find out more

17 August 2012
Red Indians don’t play Hockey

As a youngster I’d rather be a Red Indian than a cowboy. I believe they are called Native Americans nowadays but we couldn’t have known that. Actually, fifty per cent of American Indians prefer this term and thirty-seven per cent call themselves Native American. Find out more


2 August 2012
An Olympic Duck

Everyone in London is an information point. While my publisher and I were walking towards Hyde Park, at the bottom of the street, we were asked three times for directions to Hyde Park. Find out more