For your library 22 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am

Not a book for taking with one for a long soak in a bubble bath or, for that matter, for reading in bed unless your bed is equipped with a lectern, and the breakfast table would be a hazardous place i...

Timeless 19 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm

"I don't know if you have the Cyril Connelly/Jerome Zerbe book "Les Pavilions". The pavilion Gabriel designed for Mme. de Pompadour at Fontainebleau is one of the highlights. The point being that the ...

A question of balance 14 Aug 2013 | 06:39 am

"Everyone who comes in here wants to re-arrange the furniture," was the complaint of an irritated attendant in a demonstration room. The reason was only too apparent. With too many of the heavy pieces...

There was a child went forth every day 3 Aug 2013 | 06:57 am

The last two weeks seem to have been – witness my new waistline – nothing more than a round of lunches, dinners and, ultimately, a reception given by a good friend, celebrating our wedding. Bemused as...

Something for the weekend 21 Jul 2013 | 02:20 am

Caravan Palace - Los Angeles / with Quest Crew - July 2013

Timeless 19 Jul 2013 | 01:23 am

The dictionary defines timeless as "unaffected by the passage of time or changes in fashion." I am not so absolute in my understanding of timelessness – the fact that an interior looks as up-to-date t...

The great divide 10 Jul 2013 | 05:42 am

Conversing with a New York taxi driver is rare and the long, friendly talk we had with a female driver was a first. It was remarkable enough for the Celt to mention this – not like him to state the ob...

Reader, I married him 30 Jun 2013 | 02:04 am

Yes 27 Jun 2013 | 07:10 am

After thirty-four, nearly thirty-five years, it has happened – I begin to feel equal to my fellow citizens. Spending the weekend, Pride weekend, in New York and will be back on Tuesday to continue the...

Timelessly circling the same lightbulb 18 Jun 2013 | 06:59 pm

Last year I wrote about the difference between critique and criticism and since then I have hesitated to critique fearing it would be misconstrued as criticism – though, given my level of irritation w...