“Is this where I’m supposed to – what? – just talk?” I ask eventually.
“I wouldn’t say ‘just’ talk,” my interlocutor replies. “But yes, talking, freely, about whatever strikes you as interesting would be, well, interesting.”
Silence...
Other
Tuesday 31st January 2012, 12:33am
I look and feel like a zombie. I’m pale, nursing a Great British cold and hugging what shadow I can find in unrelenting sunshine and 40˚C temperatures. Actually, maybe that’s more vampire than zombie. I’ll ask Noel when I call home. He’ll know....
Wednesday 11th January 2012, 12:00am
Daddy, isn’t it that Santa’s too fat to get down chimneys these days? Daddy, can I have a Millennium Falcon for Christmas? David, what time are your parents coming for lunch on Boxing Day?
David? Oh, hello, it’s Juliette. Sorry to trouble...
Thursday 8th December 2011, 12:38am
GHD IV STYLER £99
As any woman will tell you, the beauty buck stops with the right hair-straightener and never more so than with this one, ghd’s state of the art IV styler. This edition boasts improved temperature control (internal...
Thursday 8th December 2011, 12:32am
Q. What made you want to design a board game?
A. I had been working for a number of years in a middle-management job I didn’t enjoy in an industry I didn’t care about. I felt that I had to make a change and work on something I really loved...
Thursday 8th December 2011, 12:28am
HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT
When I picture an Australian wine-maker, Dave Powell of Torbreck Vintners is pretty much what comes to mind. A big man, the first time I met him he’d just arrived from Scandinavia, where a...
Tuesday 29th November 2011, 12:21am
I lie in a hot bath, a little too much of my expanding waistline visible above the steaming surface of the water. I am contemplating turning forty. “Life begins at forty,” I keep hearing.
My namesake, my mother’s great uncle David, had...
Tuesday 22nd November 2011, 12:22am
We’ve had lawyers and accountants in all morning. The Question: How to minimise the tax exposure of an offshore special purposes vehicle? The Answers: Lengthy. Complex. Expensive. And dreary.
What is it about lawyers and accountants?...
Tuesday 15th November 2011, 1:46am
Emma: You’ve given Nick £50,000.
David: Lent. Not given.
Emma: His business is going bust.
David: It’s not going bust. It’s a cash flow issue.
Emma: “Cash flow issue”? Don’t you people ever learn anything?
David...
Wednesday 9th November 2011, 12:02am
Bye darling. Have fun. Look after my babies. Back in an hour.” The front door slams and Emma, too chirpy by half, is gone. Saturday morning yoga. Or is it Pilates? Meanwhile, the Dynamic Duo of Maria and Gabriella have bounced Emma into allowing...
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Allister Heath
UK can’t count on others messing up
THERE are two ways a country can do well. The first is to introduce domestic policies that boost work,...
