One had Aglaya by attraction Of raven curls and martial stance, One for his money (no objection), A third because he was from France, Cleon by dint of being clever, Damis for tender songs galore; But, my Aglaya, say, whatever Did your own husband have you for? 1822. Translation by Walter Arndt.
Everyone by now knows of the need to season cast iron. The process involves applying a thin layer of oil to a new pan, wok, or skillet, and heating so that the oil becomes polymerised to the metal’s surface. Many of us too will shiver at the thought of the struggle that comes with maintaining cast iron. The whole process…
As the action on Centre Court yesterday at Wimbledon spilled over into the hours of late evening, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked the tennis ball vigorously back and forth in a topsy-turvy bout which never seemed settled until late in the fifth set. Murray eventually prevailed, but only after saving break points at the start of the fifth which…
When conscience perturbs politics, Andrea Leadsom abstains in her own particular way. Back in 2013, she was one just 7 Tory MPs who formally abstained from endorsing gay marriage, as the third reading of the bill passed in the Commons by a vote of 359 to 154. 127 Conservatives voted against. Abstaining meant walking through the No Lobby then the Aye…
Call them what you will, the Class of ’92 or Fergie’s Fledglings, the group of players who emerged from the Manchester United youth academy in the early-to-mid 1990s achieved the rarest of feats. Winning Premier League after Premier League alongside an assortment of European, FA, and League cups, the group – which included Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Nicky…
The cock crows But no queen rises. The hair of my blonde Is dazzling, As the spittle of cows Threading the wind. Ho! Ho! But ki-ki-ri-ki Brings no rou-cou, No rou-cou-cou. But no queen comes In slipper green. 1918.
And done! Don’t you just look simply fabulous?
Somewhere in the depths of Chanhassen, Minnesota, within the basement of Prince’s Paisley Park estate, there lies a legendary vault, supposedly the storing place of vast hoards of music which Prince recorded but never released. Prince had Paisley Park built in 1988. A complex which served simultaneously as recording studio, live venue and rehearsal space, and as his home, he lived…
Things other than tennis balls came to a head on Centre Court at Wimbledon today, as Andy Murray called himself a ‘wee bastard’ in a heated on-court exchange with himself. While Murray dispatched with the sometimes volatile, at other times perfectly amiable young Australian Nick Kyrgios in straight sets, a tough opener saw a resurgence of the sort of on-court anger…
Liam Fox has sensationally sentenced a gay Tory member to 50 lashes for refusing to support his bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party, and by extension the premiership of the whole United Kingdom. Fox voted against same-sex marriage back in 2013, describing the proposals – which were later passed by Parliament – as an ‘absurd’ form of ‘social engineering’. He remains best known…
