For the first time I can remember since I acquired a mobile phone, some 25 years ago, I forgot to take mine with me when I went to a swanky lunch in London the other day, while my wife stayed at home to look after the dog. It wasn't until I reached our local station that I realised I'd left it behind in my everyday jacket when I'd changed into my suit. I was momentarily gripped by panic. What if somebody needed to get hold of me urgently - Mrs U, say, or somebody at work (more than five years after I went into semi-retirement, writing only one day a week, I still live in daily dread of a call from my bosses at the office)? ...read
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TOM UTLEY: He enjoys his mother's home cooking and the freedom of the fridge. But, call me an idiot, I can't bring myself to charge my 30-year-old son rent
A colleague tells me that when she was about 30, back in the Nineties, she went on a first date with a man of roughly her age. When she asked him where he lived, he replied he still lived at home with his mother, and she gave him a quizzical look. 'Oh,' he said, a little crestfallen. 'Is that weird?' Though she was too polite to say so at the time, she tells me that, yes, she did think it a bit weird - and back in those days, I suppose she had a point. It really was somewhat unusual for a man of 30 not to have flown the family nest. How things have changed. ...read
TOM UTLEY: The best thing about the Garrick? Stingy guests like me don't have to pay for their grub. Feminists wanting membership should be careful what they wish for
Cancel me, burn me in effigy, do what you will, but I hope members of the Garrick Club will find the courage to uphold a tradition almost two centuries old, by retaining their ban on membership for women when the question is put to the ballot this coming Tuesday. Indeed, I wish it all the more since Stephen Fry , Sting and other members like them have promised to resign en masse if the ban stays in place. Bring it on! What's more, I reckon I'd think just the same way if I happened to be a woman myself. But I'll explain what I mean in a moment. I hasten to say that I'm not a member of the club, and never have been. It's true that the great Sir John Junor, who was once my editor, offered to put me up for membership, but I declined. ...read
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