Ian Poulter’s Trousers

…he left leg and the names of past winners on the right leg. Poulter, tongue-in-cheek, said “I wanted to do something a bit more subtle than last year!” Along with a replica of the Claret Jug, these trousers now feature in the British Museum of Golf ….. at St Andrews. Update your look with outfits worn by Mr Poulter himself. See what he is wearing here http://t.co/I7QUqQ4wl1 pic.twitter.com/s8OjKFfx9T — IJP Design USA (@IJPDesignUSA) March 24, 2015… Continue reading

The Lockdown Diary – Day 46

…we have had to move the putting mat indoors. My wife wins on the first play-off hole. The running total: me -19, she – 10. Yesterday evening there was a loud bang in the kitchen. We ran through to find that Boris the sourdough starter had blown the lid off his jar; small tid-bits of sourdough were sprayed onto the wall and work surface. By quite some coincidence, his namesake’s son was born yesterday. Maybe this augured well for we made a couple o… Continue reading

My Father Celebrating Victory in Europe, May 1945

…ed with flames and streaked with rockets and later a pale shimmering spider-work of shifting search lights. St. Paul’s was beautiful, but the Tower was transfigured ; a fairy tale brought to life ; history on a modern stage ; standing right out in its greyness, baked by the deep purple of night – even Toc H’s roughest soldier was impressed. I’ll remember these days as examples of England’s reverence – churches were packed ; of England’s love of pe… Continue reading