May 2026

  • The Nicola Defence: male acquisition and marital misinformation

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    Lessons from guitars, motorcycles and the truth about wristwatches… Listen, I’m no Sturgeonista, but could the claims by Scotland’s former First Minister that she didn’t know about the multifarious and massively expensive purchases her husband made…be pretty much true? Two very well-paid individuals with no joint account, living often-divergent lives? I mean, marriages can hide…

  • The Americans who ate Paris

    A weekend of moveable feasts… Next to me was Kim Carnes’ goddaughter. She wasn’t called Bette and her eyes, though perfectly nice, seemed normal enough. We didn’t exchange our names, just almost every other biographical detail, as she and her husband were from California and avoiding conversation with Californians while sitting so close is impossible.…