2019-12-06 19:00
Cloak-and-dagger
There is a lot that
is mysterious and intriguing about the phrase cloak-and-dagger and that is appropriate
as it denotes the sense of subterfuge, deceit and acting underh… Read More
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A wry view of life for the world-weary
2019-12-05 19:00
The power of the ginaissance is such that distillers have to be
imaginative to ensure that their product muscles its way into the consciousness
of gin lovers. One way is to do it by the desi… Read More
2019-12-04 19:00
Something Fresh – P G Wodehouse
I always find the world that Wodehouse constructs is the
perfect antidote to the madness of modern life and also a form of light relief
from some of… Read More
2019-12-02 19:00
Angel Court, SW1
I have a bit of an affinity with Angel Courts as I lived in
one when I was at University. This Court, though, is to be found in the St
James’s district and links Ki… Read More
2019-11-29 19:00
Beyond the pale
If your behaviour is described as being beyond the pale, it
is unacceptable and beyond the accepted norms of decency. The pale in question
is a noun, not the adjective to… Read More
2019-11-28 19:00
The second and final gin I picked up at Vancouver airport’s
duty-free shop was a bottle of Victoria Premium Cocktail Gin, in for a
cent in for a dollar, as they say. The ginaissance ha… Read More
2019-11-27 19:00
The Amateur Cracksman – E W Hornung
It is good, every now and again, to turn literary
conventions on their head. The classic crime novel has a detective, often an
amateur sleuth, to… Read More
2019-11-25 19:00
The Princess Caraboo hoax of 1817
The bucolic calm of the Gloucestershire village of
Almondsbury was disturbed on April 3, 1817 when the local cobbler came across a
young woman, seemingl… Read More
2019-11-22 19:00
A snowball’s chance in hell
I’m back on the trail of phrases which denote impossibility
and a snowball’s chance in hell is both perfectly understandable in its
figurativ… Read More
2019-11-21 19:00
I have recently commented on the growth of gin distilleries
in British Columbia, particularly in Vancouver. Pleasurable as it would have
been, time precluded me from visiting more than the c… Read More
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