Blog posts tagged "Ties and socks"

May 5, 2009 6:29 pm No Comments

They had asked me to attend a fundraising, but I couldn’t. In any case, it wasn’t the moneybags I wanted to talk with but the students. This morning found me at a Muslim girls’ secondary school in Kilburn. I took coffee with the all–women staff – an amazingly stimulating group from as far afield as [...]

March 17, 2009 6:23 pm No Comments

Is the tie a reliable “economic indicator”? My tie maker, Victoria Richards, reveals that the tie may be a rogue indicator. I ring her to ask if she has any new ones coming along. Our normal deal is that she bungs her latest “tie run” into a minicab. I then go through them, choose five [...]

March 3, 2009 11:33 am No Comments

I shall be tieless in a make-believe Gaza today and tomorrow, on a “hostile environment” refresher course. A couple of people have asked me about those ties and the socks. My view is that if a man is going to wear a tie he should wear a tie. What’s the point of putting some lightly [...]