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High life Taki Gstaad I cross-country ski the old-fashioned way, not skating but on machine-made narrow tracks. It is known to be the best exercise in the world. Both upper [...]

High life Taki A few weeks after Friedrich Nietzsche bragged to an admirer that he had completed a ruthless attack on our Lord, he collapsed, had convulsions, shouted like a [...]

Freudians may have given us appalling psychology but they did give us better-looking cars --Rory Sutherland, p61 High life Taki Wimbledon is here at last, after its absence in 2020. [...]

High life Taki New York The Big Bagel is getting so bad that even the baddies are demanding the fuzz do something. As the body count rises, it is obvious [...]

High life Taki Imagine a beautiful, sexy woman, an Ava Gardner or a Lily James, with a wart on the end of her nose. It stands out, whereas on an [...]

Marketa stands on one side of me, Catriona on the other. Marketa is Czech and my carer. Catriona is my new wife. I'm lying on my back in dove grey [...]

High life Taki Gstaad Who was it who said good manners had gone the way of black and white TV? Actually it was yours truly after watching the slobs parading [...]

Then dear old Dolly drove down from Essex to pay her respects. It was a brave effort because she hasn't been anywhere for years and only once before to France, [...]

The article discusses the recent visit of China's Premier Li Qiang to Australia and the positive developments in Australia-China relations. During the visit, Prime Minister Albanese greeted Premier Li with military honors and signed memoranda of understanding in various areas. Additionally, Premier Li announced that Australia would be added to the list of nations with visa-free travel to China. These developments indicate a continued improvement in the relationship between the two countries, despite the concerns of some politicians. The article emphasizes the importance of dialogue and communication in maintaining stable relationships. [Extracted from the article]

Taki New York Is it poor little ol' me imagining things, or are Americans becoming stupider by the minute? I've been travelling and running into the species, and I swear [...]

We drove north and parked in the designated car park with a quarter of an hour to spare before the minibus was due to pick us up and take us [...]

Three of us on a cold metal bench waiting for the bus. It's almost dark. Winter arrived yesterday and we are frozen. Next to me sits a small, moon-faced woman [...]

Noticing via this Low Life column that I had trench fever, the Western Front Association treated me to a year's membership and subscription to their excellent quarterly magazine Stand To!. [...]

At ten to eleven we filed outside the church and assembled in the graveyard around a small cenotaph commemorating the dead of two wars with a dozen unmistakably local names. [...]

Considering the subject of compatibility, experienced British expats in France maintain that a French man and an English woman might work, but rarely the other way around. Anecdotal evidence bears [...]