A heatwave in September always seemed to coincide with the start of school after a dreary August. The first rugby tackle of the season on a rock-hard pitch. Dragging a packed satchel home with the lo… (View Post)

My favourite JCL college is Kellogg. Breakfast must be a treat, though. (View Post)

Rather like Oxbridge in the 1960s. (View Post)

I was in central France at the time and got the news on long wave accompanied by much hissing and fading. Later on, popped down to the boulangerie where the reaction was, indeed, OTT and un-British. … (View Post)

And you'd be well-advised not to google it. (View Post)