Dear aging people, here are my rules for recounting stories to avoid becoming a dreadful old bore I have always been a lover of a good story. They are the lifeblood of pubs and bars around the world. But I have learned there is little to gain from constantly retelling the past. The past is...
There is no bigger representation to me, of a still-very-much-alive class system than the proliferation of the bakery chain, Gails. Always packed with linen-clad parents and their families and dead eyed dads saying nothing whatsoever and being frankly embarrassed that this is now the highlight of their weekend. If you know the chain, and I...
