My father gave me my name in honour, and memory, of the great Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who was murdered one day short of his 30th birthday by bandits in China in 1935. I’ve written a monograph – click here – which briefly outlines his life and describes a flight he took with the electioneering Hitler… Continue reading
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Sobers at Swansea: how I saw the six sixes over
While I can’t remember in detail any of the individual strokes, and you can see it all on YouTube anyway, I do recall the sense of incredulity when we realised we had just seen a piece of cricketing perfection, a feat never accomplished before in the entire history of the game. The reaction was strangely… Continue reading →
Whever you travel – the six feet of separation animal even Attenborough hates
The great broadcaster and traveller Sir David Attenborough confesses to a strong dislike of one creature out of millions. I think we all know it. The subject of this article, so we are told, is never more than a few feet away from any of us. (This is an extract from my new e-book, David… Continue reading →
Is the Volvo V40 the safest low-emission car around?
I just received a 6498 word e-mail from Volvo on their new five-door, five-seat hatchback, the V40, which was launched at the Geneva Motorshow on 6th March. That’s the size of quite a long magazine article. The company has an awful lot to say about this new model. At first I thought this was going to be… Continue reading →
Legally grey – the men who opt for a dull night in
When it comes to audiences for the performing arts, it’s safe to assume that men and women have differing tastes. I’ve always supposed, although I haven’t seen the evidence, that more women will go to classical ballet performances than men. And I bet there are more men than women in the audience for a Wagner… Continue reading →
There are two ways to go eyeball to eyeball with the Statue of Liberty.
There are two ways to go eyeball to eyeball with the Statue of Liberty. One is to hire a helicopter and hope you get close enough to the face of the 151 foot (46m) high statue before twitchy New York security hauls – or shoots – you out of the sky. The other is to… Continue reading →