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Much ado about kung pao

THIS week The Boy has been making kung pao chicken. Read

Internet a great modern source

A GOOGLE is, according to my ancient Chambers dictionary, a cricketing term. Read

Are they worth all this money?

I’VE NEVER really understood how the money markets work: how traders and merchant bankers can rake in six-figure salaries (plus bonuses) without bankrupting their employers. Read

Please keep chocs away

SO, the big day is over and we’ve got a house full of chocolate. Read

Billie’s got the right idea...

BILLIE PIPER has decreed that no cake sniffers (aka children) will spoil her big day. Her wedding to Laurence Fox is a strictly adult affair and her decision has, apparently, caused ructions within her intended’s family. Read

Time to lash the plastic

THIS week I’m doing Christmas, then you won’t hear another squeak from me on the subject until next year (unless something REALLY interesting happens). Read

Kittens with Ahhhh!

KITTEN. Is this possibly the cutest word in the English language? Or certainly the word with the cutest association? Read

What the lads are wearing

SOMETIMES I don’t know what the neighbours must think of us. Read

Here we all are again!

WE’RE almost at that time of year when Christmas card lists remind us of all the people we once knew well but now rarely, if ever, see. Read

The strain of the train is the reality!

WE LET the train take the strain, as they used to say, on our trip to Glasgow. Read

Children live the high life

WHEN Firstborn took up rock climbing at the age of 15 I remember feeling happy that he had discovered the joys of physical exercise in the great outdoors. Read

Impress your guests with a raclette!

AS DINNER parties go it was an unusual affair. Read