“Goe not a gadding and gossiping from Chamber to Chamber”, runs one rule laid out in James Duport’s list of guidelines for “Pupils & Schollers”, which was compiled in 1660, the same year ...

FROM the Wandering Jew to the Lambeth Walk, via the Sony Walkman and much else besides, it is hard to find any literary, cultural or historical reference to walking that is not included in Geoff ...

Maybe if he was achieving a high aerobic performance, then yes. But just gadding about? He's kidding himself. Having said that, so have I been over the past few months.

Culture Gadding About Self-made Man: Coco supposedly made his millions by marketing ?eau frétillante? (?quivering? or ?wiggling water,? a pun on the common term for seltzer, ?eau pétillante?).

I always seem to feel tired and anxious. Now my new doctor has told me I have something called “GAD”. What is this, please? Is it very serious?

It was my first day in the City of Lights and much as I wanted to take an evening stroll through nearby streets, rain and cold winds made the idea foolhardy.