I ’M writing this from South Africa’s Cape Province, where I’m lucky enough to be taking a few days’ holiday among the vineyards of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and the animals and flowers of the Sanbona Wildlife ...I ’M writing this from South Africa’s Cape Province, where I’m lucky enough to be taking a few days’ holiday among the vineyards of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and the animals and flowers of the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve. Yesterday, I found myself face to face with a pair of white lionesses. The fact that they were white was unusual enough,展开更多
THE anthropologist Desmond Morris noted that "everything about sport is derived from the hunt: there is no sport in existence that does not base itself on the chase or on aiming, the two key elements of primeval ...THE anthropologist Desmond Morris noted that "everything about sport is derived from the hunt: there is no sport in existence that does not base itself on the chase or on aiming, the two key elements of primeval hunting." George Orwell went on to say that "serious sport is war minus the shooting!"展开更多
WILL you marry me?"I asked her in my most romantic tone,all those years ago.I admit that my voice may have been trembling a little at that moment,but still I was surprised that it took her two days to say"ye...WILL you marry me?"I asked her in my most romantic tone,all those years ago.I admit that my voice may have been trembling a little at that moment,but still I was surprised that it took her two days to say"yes."Was it that she thought that this nervousness suggested a question about my commit-展开更多
No man is an island, entire of itself.-John Donne, poet (1572-1631)LAST month I celebrated the fortieth anniversary of my relationship with Stephanie, the woman who is now my wife.
THE Englishman’s home is his castle, or so they say. It’s a safe haven, a place where strangers may enter only if invited. It’s a private place where each of us can have a different persona from the one that we por...THE Englishman’s home is his castle, or so they say. It’s a safe haven, a place where strangers may enter only if invited. It’s a private place where each of us can have a different persona from the one that we portray in our hours at work. Instead of being smart, cultured, controlled, authoritative, we are allowed to be untidy and lazy.展开更多
文摘I ’M writing this from South Africa’s Cape Province, where I’m lucky enough to be taking a few days’ holiday among the vineyards of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and the animals and flowers of the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve. Yesterday, I found myself face to face with a pair of white lionesses. The fact that they were white was unusual enough,
文摘THE anthropologist Desmond Morris noted that "everything about sport is derived from the hunt: there is no sport in existence that does not base itself on the chase or on aiming, the two key elements of primeval hunting." George Orwell went on to say that "serious sport is war minus the shooting!"
文摘WILL you marry me?"I asked her in my most romantic tone,all those years ago.I admit that my voice may have been trembling a little at that moment,but still I was surprised that it took her two days to say"yes."Was it that she thought that this nervousness suggested a question about my commit-
文摘No man is an island, entire of itself.-John Donne, poet (1572-1631)LAST month I celebrated the fortieth anniversary of my relationship with Stephanie, the woman who is now my wife.
文摘THE Englishman’s home is his castle, or so they say. It’s a safe haven, a place where strangers may enter only if invited. It’s a private place where each of us can have a different persona from the one that we portray in our hours at work. Instead of being smart, cultured, controlled, authoritative, we are allowed to be untidy and lazy.
