Far from achieving a new life in Texas, I have achieved the following: I won a game of chess played against a computer. This was the first time I have ever done this. Even though all the (two) programs I ever played against had the computer playing at toddler level. I basked in triumph at […]

In the fair city of Oxford, the Radcliffe Camera cannot be used to take pictures, or be put in the average pocket. My camera can on both accounts. It went to Oxford with me a month ago, and here are the results.

Lady on bus after getting into fight with schoolboys, defending her character after being called a crack-whore: “I don’t use crack, actually. I’m not a crack addict. I use heroin. Not crack.”