The Bountiful Game
The beautiful game of two halves that can unite a country and divide a city. Played since medieval times where raucous villagers would punt a stuffed pig’s bladder across a field, is the game any more civilised today?
Browsing: The Idler
Dispatches from the Subject Line
Our elegant wordsmith, Maddie York, uncovers a grammatical scandal amidst the dark and foreboding jungles of an online bookshop that many of us know and trust. How many innocent inboxes has this philistinism tainted?
Martin Freeman and Me
With The Hobbit about to grace our screens, Toby White muses on his encounter with Bilbo Baggins himself – the affable Martin Freeman – and reveals that sometimes reality can turn into an uncomfortable comedy…
Magical Little Apostrophes
It’s awfully tiring being someone who cares about apostrophes. Every day I’m subjected to the…
Clash of the Titans
Wimbledon is upon us again. The usual mix of genuine fans and corporate junketeers will…
Tee Time: A Tiger, Some Birdies and the Claret Jug
“What’s a birdie?” My wife asks the same question every time a major golf tournament…
The Winter Of My Content: A Seasonal Serenade
The wisemen had predicted it but still the people, unbelieving, turned their faces upwards, in…
Larry and the Little Chef
Yes, you read that right. The Little Chef. And no, I can’t even pretend I…