They're Called Virgin Trains Because They Don't

There Are Few Tribes More Loathsome Than The American Right, And Their Vicious Use Of The Shortcomings In The Nhs To Attack Barack Obama's Attempts At Health Reform Are A Useful Reminder.

Living In New York Is Like Being At Some Terrible Late-night Party. You're Tired, You've Had A Headache Since You Arrived, But You Can't Leave Because Then You'd Miss The Party.

Life Was So Much Simpler In Pre-video Days When Everyone Refused Invitations Because The 'forsyte Saga' Was On. Now We All Just Have A Long List Of Unwatched Shows, All Of Which, It Seems, Our Friends Are Raving About. I Feel As Outdated As If I Wore A Fair Isle Sweater, Ate Pot Noodle And Had A Two-bar Electric Fire In The Sitting Room.

The Formal Washington Dinner Party Has All The Spontaneity Of A Japanese Imperial Funeral.

The Nanny Seemed To Be Extinct Until 1975, When, Like The Coelacanth, She Suddenly And Unexpectedly Reappeared In The Shape Of Margaret Thatcher.