The inimitable wodehouse

Dear Simon, The history of Pitman shorthand told by Angeline Wilcox in the July edition of Best of British (Write on Time) evoked so many memories. I was amazed to learn that Isaac Pitman actually cre

The Last Jewish Joke Michel Wieviorka, translated ...

Feeling swish MY father, the Revd Dr Stephen ...

As he coaxes a galumphing porcine up to her summer abode on a bright July morning, John Lewis-Stempel considers whether it was an uphill struggle or simply a pig of a day

The piece I’d never part with

Norman Lebrecht on Music HE WORKED SO ...