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How I see it… Monica Porter
I could teach you a thing or two about becoming a grandparent, Charles Back in the Seventies when Prince Charles and I were young, I fancied him and sometimes imagined myself canoodling with him. I was delighted when, as a novice journalist – staff writer on the venerable Local Government Chronicle, no less – I [...]
How Rufus the dog puts marathon pair through paces
Team Run For It are preparing to run the London Marathon to raise money for dementia sufferers. After months of rigourous preparation with “personal trainer” Rufus, an Irish setter who accompanies 52-year-old Stephanie Atkinson of Ilkley, West Yorkshire, and her daughter Emily on weekly runs, the duo are ready to take on London. The [...]
I’m certain that golf is the best game in the world to be bad at
“Golfing hacker” Peter Corrigan explains why he perseveres at golf – in spite of a handicap of 28. The more haughty golfers tend to look down their noses at players like me because we are not very good at the game. They call us hackers on account of our progress around the course resembling [...]
Lincoln: a story of struggle, sacrifice and some success
Abraham Lincoln’s fight to abolish slavery in America was cheated of an Oscar, says Peter Kervin. First, a confession; I’m a hopeless geek when it comes to American presidents. I read about them, watch every documentary about them, and like to think I know a great deal about the inner and outer lives [...]
The marvel of Marrakech
Nina Reschovsky discovers the quaint post-colonial charm of the North African city. “What does Morocco mean to an Englishman?” asked George Orwell in his 1939 essay about the country’s dazzling imperial capital, Marrakech. “Camels, castles, palm-trees, Foreign Legionnaires, brass trays and bandits,” he concluded. Although almost 75 years have passed since Orwell described the [...]
Pottering around? Your garden will need a little more work after winter
With the promise of springtime looming, it’s time to start preparing for the most important period in the gardening year. To get some tips on how to nurture your garden back to life, Nina Reschovsky speaks to Janson Lotery, director of Chelsea’s World Ends Nursery. What can I do to ensure my soil composition [...]
Why Her Majesty should invite Mirren to perform at Windsor
Theatreland: Roderick Gilchrist Helen Mirren is no monarchist. Indeed she was in her revolutionary youth an avowed republican. Now she says she favours a slimmed down royal family while recognising the job the Queen has done for the nation. But I wonder if Her Majesty privately returns the compliment. It would be instructive to [...]
Why I have to make every second count
Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton speaks to Get up and go’s Alison Kervin about football, charity work and pitch invasions at the age of 75. It was early evening and Sir Bobby Charlton was feeling a little ashamed. He folded himself into a large leather armchair and sighed. “Oh dear,” he said, reaching across [...]
How my father’s death showed me I was not as ruthless as I thought
My much-loved father died recently. He was 90, long-widowed, and had been an invalid since his stroke five years ago. The death of an elderly parent is a rite of passage for the middle-aged. We know it’s the natural course of events but dread it all the same, along with the onerous process of sorting [...]
David Bowie: The golden years of rock and roll
Whatever happened to live fast and die young? Rock and roll was once a rebellion against adulthood, an ode to youth. In the 1965 song, My Generation, The Who’s Roger Daltrey famously sang: “I hope I die before I get old.” But, like many other rock stars of his day, Roger inevitably did get [...]
