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Un vrai sportif!

SIGMUND Freud famously claimed that the Irish were the only people on earth beyond the reach of psychoanalysis, writes the brilliant Frank McNally (in the Irish Times of Saturday 21 June) We don’t know what exactly he meant by this (and at the rates he was charging, we sure as hell weren’t going to ask). […]

Walking through the park and spot two men. One is digging in a hole and the other then filling it in.I watch for about an hour.“Lads, what exactly are you doing?” I eventually ask.“Well, you see, there are usually three of us but the lad who puts in the trees is off sick.”(Courtesy Paul Merton)

To make up for the one that has disappeared. On a mission to unearth top-notch female guitar players. Though I still think John Renbourn is the best…

To make up for the one that has disappeared. On a mission to unearth top-notch female guitar players. Though I still think John Renbourn is the best…

My nephew Max, who lives in France, has acquired a puppy following the death of the late and lamented Tulip (an elderly bloodhound who strayed to their door). Because she’s a Welsh sheepdog, she’s called Dilly – short for Dilys!