FAMILY
Generation games
With singlets and flip-flops taking the place of shirts and ties as the clothing of choice for travellers, our columnist makes a sartorial stand
by MARK PALMER
Things grind to a halt in August. We may have left the EU but we seem to have embraced the continental habit of closing down for the entire month.
‘Let’s pick things up again in September when we’re all back,’ is one common refrain, which is another way of saying let’s kick the can down the road in the hope that someone else will remove it in due course.