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It takes only one parent, if it’s the mother – as in my case – to make you a Jew. The Nazis were even more indulgent: a single Jewish grandp...

As Britain staggers into an ill-considered Brexit, it feels to me that future generations, struggling with its painful consequences, will lo...

Every evening at 8:00, buglers assemble under Menin Gate in the Belgian town of Ypres to blow the Last Post. Last Post at the Menin Gate....

Ah, the joy of waking up to a morning of utter stillness! Sometimes pleasure doesn’t need anything particular to happen. Sometimes it’s en...

I’ve long since given up – or at any rate delegated to a significantly more competent authority – power of decision over where I live.  Af...

One of the advantages of clearing out a home, as I described a couple of weeks ago, is that you find lots of things you’d forgotten about. ...

Every now and then, our pets gather on our stairs. They sit there and observe the comings and goings below. But I'm sure they also discu...