Usain Bolt has a long one. Lewis Hamilton’s too, and getting bigger all the time. Lester Piggott’s was very impressive in his day, and Rachael Blackmore’s just got one of her own. Boris Johnson certainly doesn’t have one, nor any […]
Tag: in memoriam
Repelling the enemy at the -gates
Almost half a century has passed since Watergate first entered public consciousness. The name quickly became synonymous with political scandal and has since spawned a spate of ‘-gate’ suffixes for anything from minor parish council peccadillos to serious breaches of […]
No man will tether time nor tide, literally speaking.
Promise you! I’m literally going to cut my throat if I see that word again. Oh dear, I just have, Excuse me while I go and look for my grandpa’s cut-throat razor… Fortunately, I couldn’t find it and I’m still […]
Taking the black beast by the horns
Although Black Ram whisky features prominently in my diet, a black beast is seldom far away. (Bête noire to the uninitiated). Sometimes these beasts run rampant and rival their bullish counterparts at the annual encierro in Spain’s Pamplona. Tonne, icon, […]