One of the few aphorisms that I still follow – or indeed can now recall – is that, on holiday, you should always opt for an early breakfast. In my father’s opinion, the fruit juice and boiled eggs were that much fresher. The stocks of cereal and jam would still be complete. The staff would be tha...
‘Tom’s father had collected the boat and towed it back to Greylands. But nobody had said they had driven Robin’s car back. It wasn’t still parked at the sailing club, so what had happened to it? Of course that is the obvious answer – he never took it there in the first place.’ ‘But why?’ said Els...
Though he was able to devote less time to it, his failure in the field of politics was every bit as complete and infinitely more humiliating both for him and for his family. My father’s main defect as a politician was that his views corresponded to those of no known political party. They centred ...
‘We can rescue this man that you have arranged to have falsely imprisoned.’ ‘It wasn’t me . . .’ began Thomas, but he stopped, knowing how little use the explanation would be. ‘Do you want to help him or not?’ ‘I don’t see how we can get through fourteen-foot-thick stone w...