I said last week that spring was in the air, and there are three more infallible signs to show that it must be true. First, and most obvious, in a few days we see the back of February, which has felt less like a month and more like the sorts of tests they put a […]
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For a short time there it looked like spring was about to make an entrance, and rather earlier than usual. The days are getting longer, the snowdrops are out and the first green shoots of a crowd (possibly even a host) of golden daffodils are, well, shooting. A few optimistic blackbirds even start the day […] I was thinking the other day about Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf is frequently referred to as a wizard but, as many have observed, he doesn’t really do much in the way of magic. Sure, his wand lights up, but so does my phone; not only that, but it could probably navigate […] 
It hardly seems fair, does it, that you slog your way through January, only to wake up one morning to find you’ve still got to negotiate February. It’s like seeing your numbers come up on the national lottery, and realising that you’re looking at last week’s ticket and you forgot to buy a new one. […] 
When did the British lose their stiff upper lips? Not that I ever really had one: when exposed to pain—a crushing handshake, say, or the news that a tooth needs a filling—I tend to scream unnervingly like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and display all the bodily self-control of someone stepping […] |
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