When I was involved in magazine publishing, there were certain words on a magazine cover that it was generally accepted would make your product more...

Is cave exploring really fun? Many people do like it, indeed love it, and in some respects I should, but all considered I prefer my underground experi...

A visit to the Centro Botin in Santander, itself a gloriously located small city (population about 170,000) in Cantabria on Spain’s northern Atl...

Last month I went to see the fabulous Pink Floyd exhibition, Their Mortal Remains, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington. Entering t...

This is a story about a serial comma. No – please stay with it; I promise it won’t put you into a coma. This particular piece of punctuati...

As you will know, the knee-bone structure of cows means that, contrary to the nursery rhyme, they would be unable to jump over the moon. They couldn&#...

‘Tis the season to be jolly…so here’s a little seasonal greeting. A few years ago, a good friend of mine was a partner with a Londo...

What is it with Brighton and the ‘P’ word? Or words? There’s the famous Brighton Pavilion, there is still one celebrated Brighton Pi...

Weddings are the most glorious affairs, I think maybe especially so when you have no role other than to enjoy the day – as opposed to being resp...