What happens to a pope when he retires? Nobody knows, of course, as no pope has left office alive for 600 years. The Vatican doesn’t…
John Jessop Posts
Lunching with friends on Saturday, and ignoring the screaming headlines about beef products infused with horsemeat, I ordered a hamburger. I should point out that,…
Too many Englishmen spoil the broth. Well, apparently in world rugby circles they do. Or such is the view of Warren Gatland, a New Zealander…
M and I dined Saturday evening with friends of long-standing, Peter and Jenny, and the table conversation at one point turned, as it so often…
Reminding us that Britain’s present severe cold snap could be far more severe than it has been so far, the BBC has just aired an…
Chris Huhne may be a high-profile idiot, but he’s not the first of his kind, and it’s as certain as the sun coming up tomorrow…
So, now it’s official, if far from clear. We want to stay in the European Union, David Cameron declares, but only on our own, unique…
Should we care that the High Street, as we’ve always known it, is disappearing? The answer, I feel, lies in the subsidiary clause. ‘As we’ve…
The opening scene of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln shows Union and Confederate soldiers in bloody hand-to-hand combat, up to their knees in mud and water, and…
When is cheating not cheating? The answer apparently is when the act of cheating is qualified by a) what the commercial stakes are, and b)…