Getting into the swing of playing golf Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on his antipathy to the game The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
Endless fun with a legendary book of placenames Letters: Ian A Anderson reminds readers of The Meaning of Liff. Plus letters from Peter Lewis, John Davies, Penelope Fletcher, Phil Ivens and Chris Skelcher The Guardian - UK · Oct 15
I hate golf I’ve been trying to quit the game for years, writes Adrian Chiles. Just when I thought I was out, it pulled me back in … The Guardian - UK · Oct 14
When Zeal and Lytchett’s eyes met across the village square Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on the sweet spot between quaint rural place names and nominative determinism The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
My latest discovery? You can eat the skin of a kiwifruit – and the benefits are myriad It turns out all that time spent peeling and paring was entirely wasted, writes Adrian Chiles. Now I’m gobbling them like apples and putting the extra fibre to good use The Guardian - UK · Oct 8
From Bentley Pauncefoot to Yetts O’Muckhart, I’m obsessed with Britain’s weirdly named villages I was stuck in traffic when a road sign set me dreaming. If the places on it were people, what would they be like? Could Leigh Delamere be anything but the glamorous heiress to a biscuit-making fortune, asks Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Oct 7
Let’s build a better future for female scaffolders Letter: Emma Claassen responds to an article by Adrian Chiles on the recruitment crisis in scaffolding The Guardian - UK · Oct 4
Britain’s scaffolding should be a source of national pride – instead we’re struggling to recruit workers My dad and grandad were scaffolders. I even did it myself for a short time. It’s brutally hard work – but it’s something the tech bros will never take away, writes Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Oct 1
I have a new favourite medical drama – and now I want to have a nasty accident in Pittsburgh The Pitt is on a different level – it’s not so much like watching drama as being in one, writes Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Sep 30
I’m an avid fan of chard – but you can have too much of a good thing My veg patch has turned into a chard jungle and now it’s chard for breakfast, lunch and supper, writes Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Sep 24
Eric Idle has had tons of celebrities staying at his house. God, it must be exhausting Whether it’s an A-lister or an old schoolfriend emerging blearily from the spare room, those first moments of the day are tricky, writes Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Sep 23
The tracks of my tears: my wife doesn’t care about my location Brief letters: Tracking apps | Weather forecasts | Parthenon puddles | Tautologies The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
Take good care of your tailbone. I didn’t – and my derriere has never been the same since My coccyx still hurts from an extreme cycling challenge almost two decades ago. Is there anything it’s good for, asks Adrian Chiles The Guardian - UK · Sep 17
Why I can’t wait to get into a driverless car Letters: Lars Janssen says self-driving vehicles would be a boon for him as he has an eye condition and can’t drive, in response to an article by Adrian Chiles. Plus letters from Richard Connell and Michael Fuller The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
The Guardian - UK · Sep 16 Location-tracking apps have turned me into a gibbering wreck – but I just can’t look away When my loved ones are on the move, I can’t rest until I know they’ve got from A to B safely. How I long for the ignorance of the olden days, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9 I’ve spent my whole life looking miserable. It’s time for a change When you smile, the world smiles back. Not at me it doesn’t – because even when I’m smiling, I exude gloom, says Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2 What did I learn in the kitchen this week? The longer it takes to cook, the less you want to eat it After grilling, skinning, chopping and stirring, stirring, stirring, my feelings towards my favourite Balkan relish, ajvar, changed. Those Macedonian nans must be made of girders, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30 I’d never cried during a live broadcast – then three poignant words had me sobbing I couldn’t help choking up when the writer Katriona O’Sullivan told me her life story. Now I’m on a mission to get everyone to read her memoir, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Jul 23 I am used to hot days now. But the warm wind has really panicked me I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago on the streets of Cardiff – and it felt alarmingly wrong, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Jul 22 In the bizarre world of short-form video, nobody is allowed to take a breath I never thought I’d miss punctuation so much, but as the pauses on social media videos are cut to shreds, I wonder where the assault on our senses will end, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15 My neighbours and I were left with no water this week. Why was I the only one who seemed annoyed? A burst pipe left me high, dry and desperate to wash my hair, writes Adrian Chiles. But around me, everyone seemed stoic and unsurprised - no rolling of eyes, tutting or, God forbid, speaking ill of the water company
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8 Superstars have always had huge egos – but from Cristiano Ronaldo to Taylor Swift, it’s getting ridiculous I was famous once, and I’m sure I let my self-regard race ahead of my talent, writes Adrian Chiles. Adoration has its limits, though, and everyone would do well to remember that
The Guardian - UK · Jul 2 Who am I rooting for most at the World Cup? A wise and gentle Italian referee From supporting friends’ sons in school to backing the underdogs at Wimbledon, I’ve always found someone to cheer on. But this time I’ve surprised myself, writes Adrian Chiles
The Guardian - UK · Jun 27 Croatia 2-1 Ghana: World Cup 2026 – as it happened Croatia secured second place in the group thanks to a late Nikola Vlasic winner against Ghana
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16 Getting into a lather over soap dispensers Letters: Readers offer sound advice on how to tackle faulty soap containers, in response to an article by Adrian Chiles