Nathaniel Handy

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Would you like sugar with that?

Swedes love sugar. Seriously, they’re sugar monsters. I know what you’re thinking: who isn’t? But where other nations mix the …

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I can explain everything

This week, I came across the term ‘mansplaining’ – a great word for that tendency of men to explain things …

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Let’s all move to the Med

When pandemics and waning prosperity finally loosen the Northern European grip on travel, will we look back on our years …

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The amateur sportsman

Des Lynam, John Motson, Brian ‘Johnners’ Johnston, Henry Blofeld… Illustrious names of football and cricket, the two great English sports, …

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I operate a just-in-time supply chain

It’s called my ‘supermarket-to-kitchen run’. But I hadn’t realised – until I read Dan Hancox’s article in the June issue …

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Caught with my tech down

For my friends and I – being English – the most exciting thing about Malmö, Sweden is the kallbadhus – a bathhouse …

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The wrong part of town

A week before the death of George Floyd, I re-watched two classic 80s American comedies – National Lampoon’s Vacation and …

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If statues could speak…

In early October 2013, I visited Kiev. Several times, I passed a statue near the capital’s main square, the Maydan. …

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Ten albums that shook my world

My friend Ruth Benton asked me to offer up 10 albums that had helped to form my taste in music. …

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Someone tell me what to do

The world already had ‘strong leader syndrome’. And now this… Behind all the shock at the sudden curtailment of freedoms …

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