An Oriental Club Christmas
Blasted by commercialism, swept along by shoppers, it’s a weary NICK HAMMOND who brings his…
Browsing: The Idler
Tales from the Oriental
Dusklit opera on one of London’s busiest streets? Whatever next. Nick Hammond laments summer’s passing…
Facing the Music…and the Reviews
Do you remember when you had your exam results published at school or university? If…
Electricity on Wheels
When I was around 6 years old, I remember sitting on top of bunkbeds still…
Tales from The Oriental
An army marches on its stomach, according to Napoleon Bonaparte. So does NICK HAMMOND according…
When the Thrilla in Manila Came to Kilburn
Cycling up Haverstock Hill in Belsize Park on a late July day in 1966 I saw…
Elizabeth Tower
With the news that after 157 years of near unbroken chiming Big Ben is to be…
From Gamekeepers to Gentlemen: The Bowler
Where has it gone? Once the height of sartorial elegance, and beloved by city bankers,…
Tales from The Oriental
There’s nothing that says ‘at home in London’ quite so much as having one’s own…
For Whom the Bells Toll
Moving to a house in Somerset, some years ago, which overlooked the parish church and…
Sense and Sensibilities at Stonehenge
I’m standing on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, at Stonehenge – Europe’s most famous prehistoric site…
Thanksgiving: An American Affair
To those across the pond the fourth Thursday in November heralds Thanksgiving and the start…