There have been countless reactions to living through this extraordinary time of pandemic: anguished lamentations, deranged panic, long-haul stoicism, bogus casualness, oblivious disassociation, creepy anthrophilia, weepy self-pity, contrived defiance, Panglossian …
He was born into abject poverty and deprivation. His youth was blighted by brutal oppression and shocking bereavement. He contracted polio at age 17 and spent two years seriously ill …
Such is the truly horrifying state of Cardiff, of Wales, of the UK, of Europe and indeed of the entire planet from pole to pole…and such is the ever-accelerating momentum …
I don’t drink, I don’t smoke and I don’t swear. Bloody hell, I left my pipe in the pub! I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I don’t swear and I …
ACROSS 1 You’re looking at it: the first hybrid of 17 (6) 5 Vroom! Fiat’s uneven heave (5) 9 Time with a batty gnat such as Ann Widdecombe? (9) 10 …
Decree (1/2084) from the Planetary Emergency Government In order to save the Earth, these policies shall now be implemented: ■ Mass sterilisation of all males ■ Free abortion on demand …
With apologies to Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Oh please go gentle into that good night, Old age should calmly yield at close of day: Surrender to the dying of the light. …
The fuchsia had to go. I thought something was wrong with it back in the spring when the spectacular annual profusion of crimson and purple pendulous flowers quickly became blackened …
With apologies to Max Boyce We travelled in our thousands to cheer Gatland’s fearless men, Some remortgaging their houses just to rustle up the yen. We tried the local saké, …
Returning home after a week away in wild wet windy western Wales, I was so hungry I could have eaten a horse chestnut (if there were any left now that …
