Richard Glover
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 11
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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What do I do now that I’m retired? The question should be what don’t I do (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. As soon as you retire from your nine-to-five job, people say: “How do you fill your day?” Actually, it’s easy. Personally, I’m flat out. Let me add up the minutes. Walking up in the middle of the night and debating with yourself about whether you need to heave yourself out of bed to visit the loo: 20 minutes. Finally, inevitably, making the trip to the loo: 2 minutes. Waking up in the morning, sli
What will happen to your most cherished possessions when you die? You don’t want to know (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The younger generation doesn’t want our stuff. Sorry, correction. Upon our demise, the children are happy to accept the house, the clapped-out car and the bank account (should there be anything in it) – they are less keen on the furniture, the crockery and the table linen. This is according to a recent report which, while British, rings uncomfortably true. An auctioneer is quoted in the report: “A
Lying in defence of a puppy? I think I’ve made a new friend for life (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The diary of a dog: As a puppy, I’m trying to understand the complexities of my new family. The youngest grandchild is so enamoured with me, I can do no wrong. In a moment of over-excitement – I must be honest in the pages of this diary – there was inadvertent contact between my teeth and his leg. This elicited a moment of outrage, but not from the child. The grown-up, who I’ve taken to calling Ma
I’m suddenly British, even though I really don’t want to be (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You could call it “compulsory citizenship”. Due to a recent change in the law, any Australian who’s eligible for a British passport is required to get one – otherwise, they won’t be allowed to visit the UK. There are some technicalities and exclusions, but it covers most people with British-born parents. It certainly includes me. Waving my Australian passport at Heathrow will no longer get me thro
The worst part of ageing? No one knows what I’m talking about any more (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. If you are older than 25, you have a problem: your customary expressions no longer make any sense. They refer to events, artefacts or people that have long faded from memory. This leaves you vulnerable to damaging criticism. There you are, for example, in the posh restaurant and you open the menu to discover that the steak costs $47.90. For those of my generation, it’s pretty much mandated by law
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