I have to confess I've been feeling thoroughly gloomy about the state of the nation lately, and I blame a certain supermarket chain that I shall call 'Blank'
… her rice because they order it from Blank home delivery. In another nearby village, the … in the village drives to Blank or uses the home delivery service. It seems people have …
Sometimes it’s good to take a peep at what the enemy is up to. I spent last weekend reading the New York Herald Tribune, and I’ll sometimes look at The Economist. Both these publications are excellent in their way – the Tribune is far superior in writing and information to The Times, for example – but essentially feed the greed of a business-minded readership anxious to figure out what is going on in the world, the better to profit from it.
… had taken a cut of 20 per cent in his take-home pay following poor results. The poor guy …