Farewell, Summer
Autumn usually sneaks in via the back door. Its shadows lengthen on the staircase, and…
Tag: olympics
At the Olympics
Eric Idle, accompanied by a proverbial crooning “fat lady”, has sung his song. The Olympic…
A Season of “Mad Men”
I wish I had something profound, brilliant and original to say about the London Olympics.…
In Praise of the London Olympics
Every Olympics contains elements of both triumph and disaster. The 1972 Olympics in Munich were…
The Kingdom of Paranoia
It’s usually at about this time of year that I become particularly sentimental and my…
An Olympics in the Shade
I don’t recall the last time a Winter Olympics began with the death of one…
Kirsty Coventry Returns to Zimbabwe
I continue to be fascinated by the progress and exploits of Kirsty Coventry, the double…
Before London…
The end of the Beijing Olympics has created an atmosphere, particularly in Britain, in which…