Personal views of a wordsmithing, sartorialist, horn-playing, state school Oxonian dad, rugby ref, recovering politico, and fan of vintage tailoring, Ralph Lauren style, and sharp writing.
We’ve been watching Bond films over Christmas: time to introduce a young man to espionage and glamour with some pretty great music and (mostly) lovely tailoring, not to mention powerful […]
In the latest of his occasional columns, The Grifflet (8) reviews Sherman Theatre’s production of Alice In Wonderland. Grammar is edited by Dad, but the words are his. In the […]
A poet friend of mine wrote beautifully that “There is no power on earth stronger than the fierce determination of a child’s belief.” Whether you’re old or young, please never […]
I went back up to Oxford this weekend on a secret mission. Meeting an old friend I haven’t seen for 20 years, it was a discreet exchange of brass instruments […]
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