Let’s make it official (but not too official)
Lord Darlington. [Still seated.] Do you think then—of course I am only putting an imaginary instance—do you think that in […]
Fashion
Food
Water is a poor substitute for chocolate
Chocolate Layer Cake Beat half a cupful of butter to a cream, and gradually beat into it one cupful of
Fashion
Every second Sunday is laundry day
Laundry day: basically an ideal excuse to wear your silliest clothing.
Travel
On big cats and small trees
Bagheera would lie out on a branch and call, ‘Come along, little brother.’ At other times he would pick the
Travel
Time is an illusion
One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
Fashion
Throwing caution to the wind
At last the women of this country are about to perform a great service—not one of those courtesy services about
Travel
When a man is tired of London…
Ah! my poor dear child, the truth is, that in London it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy
Travel
I went to Pisa, and all I got was a distorted perception of physics
About this time, Yule took in hand the first of his studies of mediaeval travellers. His translation of the Travels
Travel
For a few acres of snow in Canada
“Ah, Pangloss! Pangloss! Ah, Martin! Martin! Ah, my dear Cunegonde, what sort of a world is this?” said Candide on
Food
How to behave: dinner parties
The etiquette of occasions Great plenty, much formality, small cheer, And everybody out of his own sphere. Byron I. Dinner