Some Mothers

Before we went to the movies the

Horizons

After university, one of my friends moved to

Seen from a Train

In Romania in June, waiting

A Very Nice Gel

In the LRB article I read about Edith Sitwell the other day, there was a reference

Don't They Make a Lovely Couple

I suppose it wasn't a sub-editor but a layout

Friendly Arad

In June we went to Romania - we hadn't been back there since

Books and Covers

There seems to be an unwritten rule that eccentricity

Australia and Britain

Sometimes my father used to ring me in the

Awwww

If I hadn't seen it in The Week I'd have

Assange and Auberon Waugh

The other evening I came across

Reasons for Living in Australia

As I mentioned the other day, I have been earnestly making

Performance Anxiety

I know my cooperation may

The Gardener's Friend

Each year, as winter grinds through

A Long Twelve Years

I wish I liked milk. All my life, I've watched other people go to the fridge, pour

Alien Alan

Coming back from my walk, I began thinking about

The New New Look

Sometimes you open a magazine and you see