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He should take his ‘Hair-Force One’ to Mexico, Russia and China and learn about these countries and their people
All of the carbon footprint comes from British Airways’ flights, and not from my being a passenger
The Cambridges’ drawing room is not only middle-aged, but middle class and perhaps Middleton
From Cancún and Macau to Dubai and Leeds, David Tang takes a tour of the most charmless urban centres he has encountered
Parents should at least try to get their children to learn about elegance and suitability
Look tidy, but your clothes ought to be somewhat worn. Never put on anything fancy, unless you are auditioning to be a clown.
My father never smiled more than when he had a winner, especially Fat Choy, a horse that was blind in one eye
I often wonder how these diehard Maotai guzzlers would fare against those pot-bellied dart enthusiasts
He has the worst taste in the world, which means he will promote ghastliness and insipidity
The brilliant surgeon who replaced my hip was a man at one time, but chose to become a woman subsequently
Danish scientist Niels Bohr was awarded the Physics Prize in 1922 but he was also an accomplished football player
People living lower down will outlive those in the penthouse — but only by a few billionths of a second over the course of 80 years
The venue is not dissimilar in terms of decibel levels from the Madonna concert I braved last week
We must always take some care in crafting our verbal gratitude, otherwise we are doing something merely perfunctory
Stonehenge was bought by Sir Cecil Chubb in 1915 for £6,600 as a gift for his wife. Apparently she didn’t like it
It would begin with me waking up in a room full of empty cans and full ashtrays after a party somewhere in the Midlands
It has driven people completely mad. I have had telephone calls in the middle of the night from friends offering me their solutions
My view is that plastic surgery should never have gone beyond its original invention as a means to rectify traumatic injuries
‘If that doesn’t work then bring out your extended selfie stick and protrude it in front of the noisy offenders’
From waking up with Julie Christie (just kidding) to lunch in Venice, a cigar in Havana and dinner with Einstein
Allow me to let you in on a procedure that involves a series of imperceptible moves performed with total stealth
I didn’t want to appear a weed and ended up with a boring black square, as I was doing a crossword at the time
There are no excuses for half-witted sales staff, egotistical Dorian Grays, or nauseating ‘brand-builders’
I often like eating a Cornish pasty on a railway station bench with the wife. It’s very romantic
When I tried to get a simple answer about stock, size or style, I ended up almost spitting blood
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