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I drop Lily, my daughter off at Norland Place school in Notting Hill, she looks like she is in the SAS, and about to parachute into a war zone as she struggles up the steps carrying a cello as big as her, in her left…
So,.... my hopefully still loyal/alive? readers... here is my first new column in over 2 years. Formerly the Saturday Column.. It is now back as ROSENGARDWORLD Hope you like it. Last Sunday, I was just starting on my sixth single espresso at breakfast at Raouls,…
Just before Christmas I was invited back to my old school to address the Annual Old Boys Dinner. There were about two hundred and fifty Old Boys present and, in the bar beforehand, over a couple of large whiskies, I looked around trying to find…
It all started on my birthday on December 11th. I didn't get a single card. I just could not believe it. I always used to get twenty, or thirty, cards… OK that was when I was in kindergarten… and in recent years I admit the…
Happy New Year! And Welcome to Pete's Top Ten Travel Tips for 2002! Did you read this week's news story about the woman flying from Sweden to America who flushed the plane's toilet and was sucked into the bowl? She was stuck there for the…
As I type this, it's been over seven weeks since the War Between Two Civilizations began, and as a total and stunning victory seems only days away at most, I feel it is time to look back to when it all began, with the lightning…
The doctor was just saying "Mr.Rosengard, we have just had the test results back, and we have discovered that you were born with the biggest brain tumour in medical history… as big as your entire head. However, the good news is that, because of the…
The Times front-page story of a Pasta famine in Italy wouldn't usually have caused me to panic, but as I was on a plane to Rome for a week's holiday in Tuscany, I panicked. I pressed the button for the stewardess. "Did you know about…
I have just returned from visiting the US Embassy here in London with my six-year old daughter Lily and my ex-wife. We went there to place a bouquet of flowers to honour the thousands of innocent people who died in the attacks against America this…
It was 3am this morning when the phone rang. It was Anand, a young Indian comedian friend of mine, who is living in Los Angeles. He is in London for a few days. We were due to meet for breakfast. "Are you asleep?" he asked.…