Thank You!
Thank you cards or letters – for gifts, hospitality, favours – are not optional, they are an absolute necessity. The silence that follows giving a present, or throwing a dinner party, becomes eloquent...
View ArticleThe Crown & Tankard
Restrictions are lifting and finally the great British summer has arrived. Where better to salute the beginnings of normality than in a traditional English pub? As you settle down for that celebratory...
View ArticleGolden Rules for House Guests
Now that the lifting of lockdown restrictions has permitted us to throw open our doors, and our spare rooms, to friends and family, it is time to remind ourselves of the basic recommendations for...
View ArticleGolden Rules for Hosts
Our lives continue to be restricted by Covid and large parties are not on the horizon for the next four weeks. So we need to really enjoy and exploit the social opportunities that are available to us...
View ArticleThe Golden Rules of Sportsmanship
As a season of summer sports gets underway, fans are enjoying a wealth of choice; Euros football, Wimbledon, Test cricket, the Olympic Games. Whatever your particular sporting passion, you no doubt...
View Article‘Tis The Season
This week saw the return of Wimbledon, an erstwhile garden-party tournament, which began in 1877 and is one of the world’s favourite sporting events. With its immaculate grass tennis courts, smartly...
View ArticleThe Road to Freedom
As we contemplate finally emerging from the world of Covid regulations, we are told that we are now accountable for our own actions, which will no longer be subject to Government legislation. This...
View ArticleHere Comes the Sun…
British summers can be brief and disappointing, with the sun in short supply. It is scarcely surprising, therefore, that a warm, sunny day is met with an almost hysterical lack of inhibition. All over...
View ArticleStiff Upper Lip
The British Empire was built on deadpan humour, the clenched jaw, the occasional polite smile. Adversity was something to be confronted with stoicism and sang-froid – there are numerous apocryphal...
View ArticleWeddings Revisited
The moment many couples have been anticipating has arrived and the Covid-related wedding restrictions have finally been lifted. Guest numbers are unlimited, mask-wearing no longer obligatory,...
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